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Stratford Martyrs

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The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, both near London, on 27 June 1556 during the Marian persecutions. [1]

43 relations: Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of London, Blacksmith, Bow Church DLR station, Bow, London, Brewing, Chancellor, Chipping Ongar, Churchyard, City of London, Colchester, Dean of St Paul's, Death by burning, East Grinstead, Edmund Bonner, Essex, Flanders, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Great Dunmow, Heresy, Hertfordshire, Hoddesdon, John Feckenham, John Foxe, List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation, Merchant, National Heritage List for England, Newgate Prison, Protestantism, Reginald Pole, Rettendon, Sawyer (occupation), Sermon, Sheriff, St John's Church, Stratford, Stanford-le-Hope, Stratford, London, Thomas Darbyshire, University of East London Stratford Campus, Waltham Abbey (parish), West Bergholt, White Notley, Wix, Essex.

Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Bishop of London

The Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. whitesmith).

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Bow Church DLR station

Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Bow in London, England, which is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations.

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Bow, London

Bow is a neighbourhood and parish in Greater London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Brewing

Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.

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Chancellor

Chancellor (cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations.

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Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town in the civil parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England.

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Churchyard

A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Colchester

Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex.

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Dean of St Paul's

The Dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chairman of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England.

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Death by burning

Deliberately causing death through the effects of combustion, or effects of exposure to extreme heat, has a long history as a form of capital punishment.

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East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex district of West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders.

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Edmund Bonner

Edmund Bonner (also Boner; c. 1500 – 5 September 1569) was Bishop of London from 1539–49 and again from 1553-59.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Flanders

Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs

The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day.

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Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow is a historic market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England.

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Heresy

Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon is a town in the Broxbourne borough of the English county of Hertfordshire, situated in the Lea Valley.

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John Feckenham

John Feckenham (c. 1515 – October, 1584), also known as John Howman of Feckingham and later John de Feckenham or John Fecknam, was an English churchman, the last abbot of Westminster.

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John Foxe

John Foxe (1516/17 – 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of Actes and Monuments (popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century through the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped to mould British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries.

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List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation

Protestants were executed under heresy laws during persecutions against Protestant religious reformers for their religious denomination during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I of England (1553–1558).

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is Historic England's official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields, World Heritage Sites and other heritage assets considered worthy of preservation.

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Newgate Prison

Newgate Prison was a prison in London, at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Reginald Pole

Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter Reformation.

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Rettendon

Rettendon is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chelmsford in Essex, England about south east of the city of Chelmsford.

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Sawyer (occupation)

Sawyer is an occupational term referring to someone who saws wood, particularly using a pit saw either in a saw pit or with the log on trestles above ground or operates a sawmill.

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Sermon

A sermon is an oration, lecture, or talk by a member of a religious institution or clergy.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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St John's Church, Stratford

St John's Church or the Church of Saint John the Evangelist is the main parish church in Stratford, London, standing on Stratford Broadway, the main thoroughfare.

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Stanford-le-Hope

Stanford-le-Hope is a town and Church of England parish situated in the county of Essex, England.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town and parish in London, in the London Borough of Newham.

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Thomas Darbyshire

Thomas Darbyshire (1518–1604) was an English churchman and Jesuit.

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University of East London Stratford Campus

The University of East London Stratford Campus is based in and around University House, a Grade II* listed building, located in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham.

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Waltham Abbey (parish)

Waltham Abbey is a civil parish in Epping Forest District in Essex, England.

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West Bergholt

West Bergholt, formerly known as Bergholt Sackville, is a large rural village and civil parish in Essex, England, lying near the border with Suffolk, close to the ancient town of Colchester.

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White Notley

White Notley is a parish in Essex, England.

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Wix, Essex

Wix is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England.

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Agnes George, Edmond Hurst, Elizabeth Pepper (martyr), Elizabeth Warne, George Searle (martyr), Henry Adlington, Henry Wye, Hugh Laverock (martyr), John Apprice (martyr), John Derifall, John Routh, Lawrence Parnam, Lyon Cawch, Ralph Jackson (martyr), Stephen Harwood, Stratford Martyrs' Memorial, Thomas Bowyer (martyr), Thomas Fust, Thomas Fust (martyr), William Holywell.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Martyrs

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