Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
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Nicholas Ridley was an English Bishop of London. Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey. He is rem
Late 16th-century portrait of Nicholas Ridley in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Heinrich Bullinger, a major influence on John Hooper, Ridley's opponent in the vestments controversy.
John Hooper clashed with Ridley as he advocated more radical reforms. Portrait by Henry Bryan Hall, 1839.
The death of Edward VI, here as Prince of Wales, brought about Ridley's downfall.
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
Nicholas Ridley (martyr)
…the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey. He is remembered with a commemoration in the calendar of saints (with Hugh Latimer) in some parts of the Anglican Communion (Church of England) on 16 October. Ridley came from a prominent family in Tynedale, Northumberland. He was the…
Hugh Latimer from NPG
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)