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  2. Anne Askew - Wikipedia

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    Anne Askew underwent two "examinations" before her execution. On 10 March 1545 the aldermen of London ordered for her to be detained under the Six Articles Act . Askew stood trial before the "quest", which was an official heresy hearing commission.

  3. Rack (torture) - Wikipedia

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    The Protestant martyr Anne Askew, daughter of Sir William Askew, Knight of Lincolnshire, was tortured on the rack before her execution in 1546 (age 25). She was so damaged by the torture on the rack that she had to be carried on a chair to her burning at the stake.

  4. Stephen Gardiner - Wikipedia

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    Gardiner was born in Bury St Edmunds, but the date of his birth is uncertain.His father could have been a John Gardiner, but also could have been Wyllyam Gardiner, a substantial cloth merchant of the town where he was born, [2] who took care to give him a good education.

  5. Burning of women in England - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut of the burning of Anne Askew, for heresy, at Smithfield in 1546. Public executions were normally attended by large crowds. For the killing in 1546 of Anne Askew, charged with heresy and tortured at the Tower of London, a "Substantial Stage" was built to seat the various officials who presided over her burning. [14]

  6. Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke - Wikipedia

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    Anne was her sister's chief lady-in-waiting and the sisters were close. Anne was also part of the clique of Protestants who surrounded the new Queen. In 1546, fellow Protestant Anne Askew was arrested for heresy. Those who opposed the Queen tried to gain a confession from Askew that the Queen, her sister, and the other women were Protestants.

  7. Anne Calthorpe, Countess of Sussex - Wikipedia

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    Anne Calthorpe, Countess of Sussex (died between 22 August 1579 and 28 March 1582) was an English courtier. She was the second wife of Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex , who divorced her in 1555 on the grounds of her alleged bigamous marriage to Sir Edmund Knyvet , and her "unnatural and unkind" character.

  8. The Norton Anthology of English Literature - Wikipedia

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    The first edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, printed in 1962, comprised two volumes.Also printed in 1962 was a single-volume derivative edition, called The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors Edition, which contained reprintings with some additions and changes including 28 of the major authors appearing in the original edition.

  9. Joan Bocher - Wikipedia

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    Some well-known stories about Bocher were first recounted by Robert Parsons in 1599: for instance, Joan's friendship with Anne Askew and her involvement in smuggling Tyndale's New Testament into England, and into the royal court under her skirts.