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John Foxe was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe's Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferi
1587 portrait
A page from the first edition of Actes and Monuments, also known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, published in 1563.
Dual martyrdom by burning, 1558; from a 1641 edition of Foxe.
Foxe, engraving by Martin Droeshout
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk,, was an English nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlier part of her reign.
John Foxe
…to the children of her brother, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, a Roman Catholic who had been executed for treason in January 1547. The children were Thomas, who would become the fourth duke of Norfolk and a valuable friend of Foxe; Jane, later Countess of Westmorland, and Henry, later earl of Northampton…
Thomas Howard painted by an unknown artist, c. 1565.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk painted by Hans Eworth, C. 1562.
Mary, Queen of Scots. Norfolk's proposed marriage would have been the fourth for both of them