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Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster" [1]). Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions , for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey .
Latimer and Ridley were burnt on 16 October 1555 for denying the Roman Catholic dogma of Transubstantiation. Cranmer was burnt five months later on 21 March 1556. [2] A small area paved with granite setts forming a cross in the centre of the road outside the front of Balliol College marks the site.
Designed by George Gilbert Scott, the monument was completed in 1843 after two years' work, having replaced "a picturesque but tottering old house".The Victorian Gothic memorial, whose design dates from 1838, has been likened to the steeple of a cathedral, though it was consciously patterned on the Eleanor crosses erected by King Edward I between 1290 and 1294 to the memory of his wife, Queen ...
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC (17 February 1929 – 4 March 1993), was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.. As President of the Selsdon Group, a free-market lobby within the Conservative Party, he was closely aligned with Margaret Thatcher, and became one of her Ministers of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979.
Death Row Inmate Mouthed a 2-Word Message to His Victims’ Families in Final Moments Before His Execution. Kimberlee Speakman. February 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM. FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty .
The family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon.
The event was held in response to the death of Robert Brooks, a Black man from Greece who died after being fatally beaten by white corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9, 2024.
Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment , and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason , heresy , and witchcraft .