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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.
He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564. He was a beneficiary of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and persecuted perceived opponents of the king and their policies. He played a role in the trials of Catholic martyrs Thomas More and John Fisher as well as that of Protestant martyr Anne Askew.
painter, also an Ely Martyr Oxford Martyrs 71. Hugh Latimer (or Latymer) Baxterley, Warwickshire [103] clergyman – chaplain to King Edward VI burnt 16 October 1555 outside Balliol College, Oxford [7] [104] 72. Nicholas Ridley: Fulham Palace: clergyman – Bishop of London under Edward VI Canterbury Martyrs of November 1555 73. John Webbe (or ...
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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.
July 16 is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Cordoban deacon and martyr (b. c ... 1546 – Anne Askew, English ...
On 31 January 1556, John Lomas (or Jhon Lowmas) of Tenterden, Kent, Agnes Snoth (or Annis Snod) of Smarden, Kent, Anne Wright (or Albright) alias Champnes, Joan Sole (or Jone Soale) of Horton, Kent and Joan Catmer of Hythe, Kent were burned alive at the stake in Wincheap, Canterbury. A monument marks the spot on the road now called 'Martyrs ...
The year was marked by the celebrations for the Treaty of Ardres and the great Midsummer Watch conducted through London by the Lord Mayor; there were also various executions for heresy and treason which it was the Sheriffs' duty to see performed, not least the burning of the Protestant martyr Anne Askew.