Edward Bocking was associated with Braintree, Essex

Braintree, Essex

Braintree is a town of about 42,000 people and the principal settlement of the Braintree district of Essex in the East of England. It is northeast of Chelmsford and west of Colchester on the River Blackwater, A120 road and a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.Braintree has grown contiguous...

. Father Bocking was a controversial monk during the reign of King Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

. He attended Oxford

University of Oxford

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 where he received B.D. in 1513 and a D.D. in 1518. He served as the Warden of Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

 for a period of time. Bocking became a monk in 1526. He served as the spiritual director for Sister Elizabeth Barton

Elizabeth Barton

Sr. Elizabeth Barton was an English Catholic nun...

, a controversial English visionary

Visionary

Defined broadly, a visionary, is one who can envision the future. For some groups this can involve the supernatural or drugs.The visionary state is achieved via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, daydreams, or art. One example is Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century artist/visionary and Catholic saint...

. Bocking, Barton, and four others were hanged and beheaded for treason

Treason

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 at Tyburn

Tyburn, London

Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch in present-day London. It took its name from the Tyburn or Teo Bourne 'boundary stream', a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered over between its source and its outfall into the...

 on April 21, 1534.

External links

• Edward Bocking - Catholic Encyclopedia
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