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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.
The burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) Latimer was burned at the stake along with Nicholas Ridley. He is quoted as having said to Ridley: Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. [11]
Anglican Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. Burnt at the stake in Gloucester during the Marian Persecutions. Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London: 16 October 1555 Anglican Bishop of London. One of the Oxford Martyrs burnt at the stake. Hugh Latimer: Anglican Bishop of Worcester. One of the Oxford Martyrs burnt at the stake. Thomas Cranmer: 21 ...
Nicholas Grimald was appointed chaplain to Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London, in 1552. Previously, in a letter written to Sir John Gates and Sir William Cecil, Ridley praised Grimald for his preferment and commended him for his "eloquence in both English and Latin" (Matthew; Harrison 13).
The monument was built 300 years after the events of the English Reformation and commemorates the Bishop of Worcester, Hugh Latimer, and Bishop of London, Nicholas Ridley, who were burned nearby on 16 October 1555 after having been convicted for heresy because of their Protestant beliefs after a quick trial.
Elected Bishop of London on 20 October 1539 and consecrated on 4 April 1540. Deprived on 1 October 1549. 1550 1553 Nicholas Ridley: Translated from Rochester. Nominated on 1 April 1550. Styled Bishop of London and Westminster. [53] Deprived in July 1553 and burned at the stake for heresy on 16 October 1555. 1553 1559 Edmund Bonner (2nd term)
King Edward VI, the school's founder, awarding the charter to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Barne.Watercolour by George Vertue, 1750. British Museum, London.. The school was founded in 1553 as Bridewell Hospital, after Nicholas Ridley petitioned Edward VI to give some of his empty palaces over to the City of London (governed by the City of London Corporation) to house homeless women and ...