On this day in history, 16th October 1555, Bishops Latimer and Ridley, two of the Oxford Martyrs, were burned at the stake in Oxford during the reign of Queen Mary I.
You can read all about this day and also the lives of these men in my article “The Burnings of Ridley and Latimer”.
RIP Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer, and also Archbishop Cranmer.
Related posts:
The Burnings of Ridley and Latimer
1 October 1553 – The Coronation of Mary I
14th October 1586 – Trial of Mary Queen of Scots
18th November 1559 – Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham
1st October 1553 – Mary I Crowned Queen
Edward VI and Mary I
Mary I versus Elizabeth I
Edmund Bonner
Wyatt’s Rebellion 1554
