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Anne Askew (sometimes spelled Ayscough or Ascue), married name Anne Kyme (1521 – 16 July 1546), [1] was an English writer, poet, and Protestant preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England.
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]
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.
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. His mother was said to be Helen Tudor, an illegitimate daughter of Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford , [ 3 ] but American research from 2011 suggests ...
Sister in law of Anne Boleyn and also the widow of Lord Rochford (George Boleyn) lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard. Executed for treason. German Gardiner: 7 March 1544 Executed for treason. Anne Askew: 16 July 1546 Burned at the stake in Smithfield for heresy Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: 19 January 1547 Executed for treason.
Sir William Askew (also spelled Ascough or Ainscough or Ascue; 1490–1540 [1] or 1541 [2]) was a gentleman at the court of Henry VIII of England. He was one of the jurors in the trial of Anne Boleyn and was the father of Anne Askew , one of only two women to be tortured at the Tower of London , along with Margaret Cheyne .
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