Tag: Mary I

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21st March 1556: Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, executed for heresy

21st March 2022
Tagged as: Catholicism, Counter-Reformation, England, Heresy, Mary I, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion, Thomas Cranmer

Cranmer’s execution in 1556 for heresy was intended to act as way to discredit Protestantism.

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4th February 1555: John Rogers became the first Protestant martyr under ‘Bloody’ Mary I of England

4th February 2022
Tagged as: Bible, Catholicism, England, Heresy, John Rogers, London, Mary I, Persecution, Protestantism, Smithfield, Tudor, William Tyndale

John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.

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21st March 1556: Thomas Cranmer executed for heresy

21st March 2020
Tagged as: Catholicism, Edward VI, Henry VIII, Heresy, Mary I, Protestantism, Reformation, Thomas Cranmer, Tudor

On the 21^st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer was executed for heresy.