Ridley Hall, Cambridge
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Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge, which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and members of the laity working with children and young people as lay pioneers and within a pastoral capacity such as lay chaplaincy.
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
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 remembered with a commemoration in the calendar of saints in some parts of the Anglican Communion on 16 October.
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.