21 March 1556 – The Burning of Thomas Cranmer, former Archbishop of Canterbury
Claire | March 21, 2015
Every year on 21st March, I spare a thought (or actually quite a few!) for Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, who was burnt at the stake on 21st March 1556 at Oxford. He has gone down in history as one of the Oxford Martyrs, along with […]
