Category: Marian persecutions
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Claire | January 25, 2015

For the final day of the virtual book tour for her book Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey, Adrienne is visiting The Tudor Society with a guest article about what life in exile was like for people like Catherine Carey and her husband Francis Knollys in the reign of Mary I. Click here to […]

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Tags: Catherine Carey, Catherine Carey book, Francis Knollys, Katherine Carey, Katherine Knollys, Marian Exiles, Marian persecutions, The Reformation

Claire | March 21, 2012

On this day in history, 21st March 1556, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was burned at the stake in Oxford for heresy. His execution was a despicable act in that it was unlawful because Cranmer had actually recanted five times. He should have been absolved, but he wasn’t. On the day of his execution, Cranmer was ordered […]

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Tags: Archbishop Cranmer, burning, Marian persecutions, Oxford Martyrs, Thomas Cranmer

Claire | March 21, 2010

Continued from “The Life of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer” to commemorate the execution of Cranmer on this day in history, the 21st March 1556. Treason and Death: On the 13th November 1553, Thomas Cranmer was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. He was then moved to Oxford’s Bocardo Prison in March 1554, along with […]

Category: Mary I, News, The Reformation, Tudor Characters, Tudor Events, Tudor Politics, Tudor Times | 13 Comments »
Tags: Archbishop Cranmer, burning, execution of Cranmer, heresy, Latimer, Marian persecutions, Mary I, Oxford Martyrs, Ridley, Thomas Cranmer