Canterbury Martyrs
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The Canterbury Martyrs were 16th century English Protestant martyrs. They were executed around July 1555 for heresy, during the reign of Mary I
. Their story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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The martyrs - John Bland and John Frankesh (ministers and preachers of the gospel), Nicholas Sheterden (rector of Adesham and Humphrey Middleton (vicar of Rolvindon) - were all burnt together in Canterbury, Kent. According to Foxe, they resigned themselves with Christian fortitude, fervently praying that God would receive them into his heavenly kingdom.
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
. Their story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, more accurately Acts and Monuments, is an account from a Protestant point of view of Christian church history and martyrology...
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The martyrs - John Bland and John Frankesh (ministers and preachers of the gospel), Nicholas Sheterden (rector of Adesham and Humphrey Middleton (vicar of Rolvindon) - were all burnt together in Canterbury, Kent. According to Foxe, they resigned themselves with Christian fortitude, fervently praying that God would receive them into his heavenly kingdom.