Hugh Latimer
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Hugh Latimer was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I h
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The pulpit from which Latimer preached in St Edward's Church, Cambridge
"Latimer before the Council", from an 1887 edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, illustrated by Kronheim.
The burning of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563)
Thomas Cranmer
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Thomas Cranmer was an English theologian who was a leader of the English Reformation and served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He
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…Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. The deaths of Latimer, Ridley and later Cranmer – now known as the Oxford Martyrs – are commemorated in Oxford by the Victorian-era Martyrs' Memorial near the actual execution site, which is marked…
Portrait, 1545
Henry VIII recognised Cranmer's value in obtaining support for the annulment of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon. Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1536
The family of Anne Boleyn secured the appointment of Cranmer as Archbishop of Canterbury. Later portrait by an unknown artist.
Thomas Cromwell was the vicegerent acting as the main agent for the king over spiritual matters. Portrait by Hans Holbein, 1532–1533.