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William Harris, Richard Day and Christian George (female) were [[burned at the stake]].<ref name="Farr"/><ref name="exclassics381">[http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe381.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 378. Three Colchester Martyrs.] Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-30</ref> |
William Harris, Richard Day and Christian George (female) were [[burned at the stake]].<ref name="Farr"/><ref name="exclassics381">[http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe381.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 378. Three Colchester Martyrs.] Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-30</ref> |
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James Gore died on 7 December 1555 in [[Colchester|Colchester prison]]<ref name="Farr"/><ref name="exclassics327">[http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe327.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 325. John Webbe, George Roper, Gregory Parke, William Wiseman, and James Gore]. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-19.</ref> and John Thurston, who had been taken at [[Great Bentley|Much Bentley]], Essex, died in May 1557 in [[Colchester Castle]].<ref name="exclassics365">[http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe365.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 362. Ten Colchester Martyrs.] Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-29</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:15, 22 October 2014
The Colchester Martyrs were 16th-century English Protestant martyrs. They were executed for heresy in Colchester, Essex, during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I. Their story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
1545 or 1546
"[O]ne Henry" and his servant were burned at the stake.[1]
29 March 1555
John Lawrence, a priest and former Blackfriar at Sudbury, Suffolk[2] was burned at the stake.[3]
14 June 1555
Nicholas Chamberlain (or Chamberlaine), a weaver from Coggeshall, Essex was burned at the stake.[4][5]
28 April 1556
Christopher Lister, a husbandman from Dagenham, Essex, John Mace, an apothecary from Colchester, Essex, John Spencer, a weaver from Colchester, Essex, Simon Joyne, a sawyer, Richard Nicol, a weaver from Colchester, Essex and John Hamond, a tanner from Colchester, Essex were burned at the stake.[4][6]
2 August 1557
William Bongeor, Thomas Benhote, William Purchase, Agnes Silverside, Helen Ewring, Elizabeth Folk, William Munt, John Johnson, Alice Munt and Rose Allen were taken to Colchester Castle by Edmund Tyrrel and were burned at the stake.[7]
17 September 1557
Agnes Bongeor, wife of Richard Bongeor and Margaret Thurston/Widow Thurston were burned at the stake[8][4]
26 May 1558
William Harris, Richard Day and Christian George (female) were burned at the stake.[4][9]
Those who died in prison
James Gore died on 7 December 1555 in Colchester prison[4][10] and John Thurston, who had been taken at Much Bentley, Essex, died in May 1557 in Colchester Castle.[11]
Monuments
A monument to these victims of the Marian persecutions is in St Peter's Church on North Hill;[12] another is in the Colchester Town Hall.[13]
References
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 207. John Athy, John Heywood, Kerby, and Roger Clarke
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Glossary of People
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 275. William Pygot, Stephen Knight, and John Laurence. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-17.
- ^ a b c d e Thomas Bryce, "The Regester" in Edward Farr, ed., Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.1845.
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 291. Thomas Osmond, William Bamford, Thomas Osborne and others.Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-17.
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs 338. Christopher Lyster, John Mace, John Spencer, Simon Joyne, Richard Nichols and John Hamond. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-22.
- ^ The Ex-Classics Web Site - THE ACTS AND MONUMENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH by JOHN FOXE: 362. TEN COLCHESTER MARTYRS
- ^ "Foxe's Book of Martyrs - 367. Agnes Bongeor, Margaret Thurston and John Kurde". Exclassics.com. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 378. Three Colchester Martyrs. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-30
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 325. John Webbe, George Roper, Gregory Parke, William Wiseman, and James Gore. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-19.
- ^ Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 362. Ten Colchester Martyrs. Exclassics.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-29
- ^ St Peter's Colchester: Memorials - part 1
- ^ Virtual Tour of Colchester's Town Hall
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