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This page is about the Protestant martyrs. For the Catholic martyrs, see List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation.

Plaque in Maidstone, Kent, remembering people who were executed nearby.

During the 1500s and early 1600s in England, many Protestants were executed because of their religious beliefs. This happened under kings and queens like Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558). A famous writer named John Foxe wrote about these events in his book, Foxe's Book of Martyrs. He described "great persecutions & horrible troubles" and the suffering of these "martyrs".

In England and Wales, people were punished under laws against Catholic teachings. During Queen Mary I's five-year reign, at least 280 people were burned at the stake.

Why were Protestants punished?
Remembering the martyrs
Protestants executed under Henry VIII (1509–1547)
Protestants executed under Edward VI (1547–1553)
Protestants executed under Mary I (1553–1558)
Protestants executed under Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Protestants executed under James I (1603–1625)
People who died in prison
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Why were Protestants punished?

The English Reformation and new beliefs

The English Reformation was a big change in England. It stopped the Catholic Church from being in charge and made the king the head of the English Church. Many church buildings, like monasteries, were also closed down.

A key year was 1547 when Edward VI became king. He was England's first Protestant ruler and brought in new Protestant ideas. Edward died at age 15 in 1553. After him, his half-sister, Mary I, who was Catholic, became queen.

Queen Mary I and the return to Catholicism

When Queen Mary I took the throne in 1553, she wanted to bring England back to the Catholic Church. She cancelled all the religious laws that King Edward VI had made. This meant Protestants had a difficult choice:

Leave England and go into exile.
Change their beliefs and become Catholic.
Face punishment.

Many Protestants chose to leave, but hundreds who disagreed with the new Catholic rules were executed. This led to Queen Mary I being called "Bloody Mary." It's believed that at least 287 people, including 56 women, were executed for their faith during her rule. Another 30 people died in prison.

The punishments started with important church leaders. However, Foxe's Book of Martyrs shows that many ordinary people were also executed. These included tradesmen, married men and women, and even young people.

How were trials carried out?

Even though the punishments were harsh, the trials of Protestants were official legal events. Bishops, especially Bishop Bonner, followed strict legal rules. The Queen's special council, called the Privy Council, also approved these actions.

In January 1555, Parliament brought back the old laws against heresy (beliefs that go against official church teachings). This meant England could legally punish anyone found guilty of not following the Roman Catholic faith.

The goal was to find out if someone was guilty or innocent in an open court. If a person was found guilty, they were first removed from the church (excommunicated). Then, they were handed over to the government to be executed.

The story of John Rogers

John Foxe, the writer, was one of the few churchmen who didn't believe in burning people for their beliefs. Before Queen Mary I became queen, Foxe asked a Protestant preacher named John Rogers to help a woman named Joan Bocher. She was an Anabaptist (a type of Protestant) and was sentenced to be burned in 1550.

However, Rogers refused to help. He believed that burning people for heresy was acceptable, even calling the method "sufficiently mild." Later, when Queen Mary I came to power and made England Catholic again, John Rogers strongly spoke out against her new rules. Because of this, he himself was burned as a heretic.

Remembering the martyrs

John Foxe listed 312 people who were executed for their faith or died in prison during these persecutions. There are many memorials across England to remember them. Three of the most famous are honored with a Gothic memorial in Oxford, England. These people are often called the "Marian Martyrs."

The Church of England remembers these English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era with a special day on May 4th.

Protestants executed under Henry VIII (1509–1547)

Order of death.	Name	Description	Date of execution	Place of execution
1.	Thomas Hitton	clergyman – priest	burnt 23 February 1530	Maidstone, Kent
2.	Thomas Benet	teacher	burnt 15 January 1531	Exeter, Devon
3.	Thomas Bilney	clergyman – priest	burnt 19 August 1531	Lollards Pit, Norwich, Norfolk
4.	Richard Bayfield	monk (former)	burnt 27 November 1531	Smithfield, London
5.	John Tewkesbury	leatherseller	burnt December 1531	Smithfield, London
6.	'An old man'		burnt 1531
7.	Davy Foster	poor artificer	burnt 1531
8.	James Bainham	lawyer	burnt 30 April 1532	Smithfield, London
9.	John Bent		burnt in or before April 1532	Devizes, Wiltshire
10.	... Trapnel		burnt in or before April 1532	Bradford, Wiltshire
11.	Thomas Harding	'aged father'	brains dashed out while being burnt, May 1532	Chesham, Buckinghamshire
12.	John Frith	clergyman – canon	burnt 4 July 1533	Smithfield, London
13.	Andrew Hewet	apprentice to a tailor	burnt 4 July 1533	Smithfield, London
14.–23.	Ten Dutchmen (Anabaptists)		burnt 1535	'sundry places of the realm'
24.	Robert Pakington	mercer	murdered 13 November 1536	Cheapside, London
25.	William Cowbridge	clergyman (purported)	burnt after 22 July 1538	Oxford, Oxfordshire
26.	John Lambert	clergyman – priest, teacher	burnt 22 November 1538	Smithfield, London
27.	... Puttedew		burnt in or before 1538	Suffolk
28.	William Leiton or Leyton	monk – Benedictine	burnt in or before 1538	Norwich, Norfolk
29. -30	Two Anabaptists, a man and a woman		burnt 29 November 1538	Smithfield, London
31.	Giles Germane		burnt 1539	St Giles in the Fields, outside London
32.	Launcelot ...	servant of the king	burnt 1539	St Giles in the Fields, outside London
33.	John ...	painter	burnt 1539	St Giles in the Fields, outside London
34.–36.	Three Anabaptists		burnt 29 April 1539	Newington Causeway, outside London
37.	William Collins	lawyer and gentleman	burnt 7 July 1540	Smithfield, London or Southwark
38.	Robert Barnes	monk – Augustinian	burnt 30 July 1540	Smithfield, London
39.	Thomas Gerrard	clergyman – rector	burnt 30 July 1540	Smithfield, London
40.	William Jerome	clergyman – vicar	burnt 30 July 1540	Smithfield, London
41.–42.	Valentine Freese and his wife		burnt 1540	York, Yorkshire
43.	Richard Mekins	'a child that passed not the age of fifteen years'	burnt 30 July 1541
44.	Richard Spenser	clergyman (former)	Burnt about 1541/2	Salisbury, Wiltshire
45.	John Ramsey	player in interludes	burnt about 1541/2	Salisbury, Wiltshire
46.	Thomas Bernard		burnt about 1541	Lincoln Diocese
47.	James Morton		burnt about 1541	Lincoln Diocese
48.	Adam Damlip	clergyman – former chaplain	executed 22 May 1543	Calais
49.	Robert Testwood	musician	burnt 28 July 1543	Windsor, Berkshire
50.	Anthony Pearson	clergyman – priest; popular preacher	burnt 28 July 1543	Windsor, Berkshire
51.	Henry Filmer	churchwarden	burnt 28 July 1543	Windsor, Berkshire
52.	Unknown man	poor labouring man	burnt 1540	Calais
53.	... Dodd	Scotsman	burnt 1541	Calais
54.	[Forename unknown] ... Henry		burnt 1545 or 1546	Colchester, Essex
55.	Unknown man	servant of ... Henry	burnt 1545 or 1546	Colchester, Essex
56.	[Forename unknown] ... Kerby		burnt 1546	Ipswich, Suffolk
57.	Roger Clarke		burnt 1546	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
58.	Anne Askew	wife of Master Thomas Kyme	burnt 16 July 1546	Smithfield, London
59.	Nicholas Belenian	clergyman – priest	burnt 16 July 1546	Smithfield, London
60.	John Adams	tailor	burnt 16 July 1546	Smithfield, London
61.	John Lassells	courtier	burnt 16 July 1546	Smithfield, London
62.	... Rogers		burnt 1546	Norfolk
63.	Oliver Richardine		burnt 1546	Hartford West

Protestants executed under Edward VI (1547–1553)

No.	Name	Description	Date of execution	Place of execution
1.	Joan Bocher		2 May 1550	Smithfield, London
2.	George van Parris	Dutchman	1551

Protestants executed under Mary I (1553–1558)

No.	Name	Description	Date of execution	Place of execution
1.	John Rogers	clergyman – preacher, biblical translator	burnt 4 February 1555	Smithfield, London
2.	Lawrence Saunders	clergyman – preacher, Rector	burnt 8 February 1555	Coventry, Warwickshire
3.	John Hooper	clergyman – Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester	burnt 9 February 1555	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
4.	Rowland Taylor	clergyman – Rector	burnt 9 February 1555	Aldham Common, Nr Hadleigh, Suffolk
5.	Rawlins White	fisherman	burnt March 1555	Cardiff, Glamorgan
6.	Thomas Tomkins	weaver	burnt 16 March 1555	Smithfield, London
7.	Thomas Causton	gentleman	burnt 26 March 1555	Rayleigh, Essex
8.	Thomas Higbed	gentleman	burnt 26 March 1555	Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex
9.	William Hunter	apprentice	burnt 27 March 1555	Brentwood, Essex
10.	Stephen Knight	barber	burnt 28 March 1555	Maldon, Essex
11.	William Pygot	butcher	burnt 28 March 1555	Braintree, Essex
12.	William Dighel		burnt 28 March 1555	Banbury, Oxfordshire
13.	John Lawrence	clergyman – priest	burnt 29 March 1555	Colchester, Essex
14.	Robert Ferrar	clergyman – Bishop of St David's	burnt 30 March 1555	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
15.	George Marsh	clergyman – curate and minister	burnt 24 April 1555	Boughton, Cheshire
16.	William Flower	surgeon and teacher	burnt 24 April 1555	Westminster
17.	John Cardmaker	clergyman – prebendary	burnt 30 May 1555	Smithfield, London
18.	John Warne	upholsterer	burnt 30 May 1555	Smithfield, London
19.	Thomas Hawkes	gentleman	burnt 10 June 1555	Coggeshall, Essex
20.	Thomas Watts	linen draper	burnt 10 June 1555	Chelmsford, Essex
21.	John Ardeley	husbandman	burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June')	Rayleigh, Essex
22.	John Simson	husbandman	burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June')	Rochford, Essex
23.	Nicholas Chamberlain	weaver	burnt 14 June 1555	Colchester, Essex
24.	William Bamford	weaver	burnt 15 June 1555	Harwich, Essex
25.	Thomas Ormond	fuller	burnt 15 June 1555	Manningtree, Essex
26.	John Bradford	clergyman – prebendary	burnt 1 July 1555	Smithfield, London
27.	John Leaf	apprentice tallow chandler	burnt 1 July 1555	Smithfield, London
28.	John Bland	clergyman – vicar	burnt 12 July 1555	Canterbury, Kent
29.	Nicholas Shetterden		burnt 12 July 1555	Canterbury, Kent
30.	John Frankesh	clergyman – parson	burnt 12 July 1555	Canterbury, Kent
31.	Humphrey Middleton		burnt 12 July 1555	Canterbury, Kent
32.	Nicholas Hall	bricklayer	burnt 19 July 1555	Rochester, Kent
33.	Christopher Wade	linen-weaver	burnt July 1555	Dartford, Kent
34.	Margaret Polley	widow	burnt 17 July 1555	Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
35.	Dirick Carver	beer-brewer	burnt 22 July 1555	Lewes, East Sussex
36.	John Launder	husbandman	burnt 23 July 1555	Steyning, West Sussex
37.	Thomas Euerson	carpenter	burnt (day unknown) July 1555	Chichester, West Sussex
38.	Richard Hook	lame man	burnt unknown date in July 1555	Chichester, West Sussex
39.	James Abbess	shoemaker	burnt 2 August 1555	Thetford, Norfolk (or Bury)
40.	John Denley	gentleman	burnt 8 August 1555	Uxbridge, Middlesex
41.	Robert Smith	clerk and painter	burnt 8 August 1555	Uxbridge, Middlesex
42.	William Coker		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
43.	William Hopper		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
44.	Henry Laurence		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
45.	Richard Collier		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
46.	Richard Wright		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
47.	William Stere		burnt 23 August 1555	Canterbury, Kent
48.	Elizabeth Warne	widow of John Warne	burnt 23 August 1555	Stratford-atte-Bow, London
49.	Roger Hues		burnt 24 August 1555	Taunton, Somerset
50.	George Tankerfield	cook	burnt 26 August 1555	St Albans
51.	Patrick Pakingham		burnt 28 August 1555	Uxbridge, Middlesex
52.	John Newman	pewterer	burnt 31 August 1555	Saffron Walden, Essex
53.	Robert Samuel	clergyman – minister	burnt 31 August 1555	Thetford, Norfolk
54.	Stephen Harwood	brewer	burnt 30 August 1555	Stratford in Essex
55.	Thomas Fust	hosier	August 1555	In the environs of London or Ware
56.	William Hale		late August 1555	In the environs of Barnet, London
57.	William Allen	labourer	burnt early September 1555	Walsingham, Norfolk
58.	Roger Coe	shearman	burnt date unknown September 1555	Yoxford, Suffolk
59.	Thomas Cob	butcher	burnt date unknown September 1555	Thetford, Norfolk
60.	George Catmer		burnt about 6 September 1555 (or 12 July 1555)	Canterbury, Kent
61.	Robert Streater		burnt about 6 September 1555 (or 12 July 1555)	Canterbury, Kent
62.	Anthony Burward		burnt about 6 September 1555 (or 12 July 1555)	Canterbury, Kent
63.	George Brodbridge		burnt about 6 September 1555 (or 12 July 1555)	Canterbury, Kent
64.	James Tutty		burnt about 6 September 1555 (or 12 July 1555)	Canterbury, Kent
65.	Robert Glover	gentleman	burnt 14 September 1555	Coventry, Warwickshire
66.	Cornelius Bongey	capper	burnt 20 September 1555	Coventry, Warwickshire
67.	Thomas Hayward		burnt mid September 1555	Lichfield, Staffordshire
68.	John Goreway		burnt mid-September 1555	Lichfield, Staffordshire
69.	William Wolsey	constable	burnt 16 October 1555	Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire
70.	Robert Pygot	painter	burnt 16 October 1555	Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire
71.	Hugh Latimer	clergyman – chaplain to King Edward VI	burnt 16 October 1555	outside Balliol College, Oxford
72.	Nicholas Ridley	clergyman – Bishop of London	burnt 16 October 1555	outside Balliol College, Oxford
73.	John Webbe	gentleman	burnt 30 November 1555	Canterbury, Kent
74.	George Roper		burnt 30 November 1555	Canterbury, Kent
75.	Gregory Parke		burnt 30 November 1555	Canterbury, Kent
76.	John Philpot	clergyman – Archdeacon of Winchester	burnt 18 December 1555	Smithfield, London
77.	Thomas Whittle	clergyman – priest or minister	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
78.	Bartlett Green	gentleman and lawyer	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
79.	Thomas Brown		burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
80.	John Tudson	artificer	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
81.	John Went	artificer	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
82.	Isobella Forster	wife of John Foster	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
83.	Joan Lushford	maid	burnt 27 January 1556	Smithfield, London
84.	John Lomas		burnt 31 January 1556	Wincheap, Canterbury
85.	Annes Snoth	widow	burnt 31 January 1556	Wincheap, Canterbury
86.	Anne Wright		burnt 31 January 1556	Wincheap,Canterbury
87.	Joan Soale	wife	burnt 31 January 1556	Wincheap, Canterbury
88.	Joan Catmer	'wife of George Catmer'	burnt 31 January 1556	Wincheap, Canterbury
89.	Agnes Potten	wife of Robert Potten	burnt 19 February 1556	Ipswich, Cornhill
90.	Joan Trunchfield	wife of Michael Trunchfield	burnt 19 February 1556	Ipswich, Cornhill
91.	Thomas Cranmer	clergyman – Archbishop of Canterbury (former)	burnt 21 March 1556	outside Balliol College, Oxford
92.	John Maundrel	husbandman	burnt 24 March 1556	outside Salisbury, Wiltshire
93.	William Coberly	tailor	burnt 24 March 1556	outside Salisbury, Wiltshire
94.	John Spicer	freemason or bricklayer	burnt 24 March 1556	outside Salisbury, Wiltshire
95.	John Harpole		burnt 1 April 1556	Rochester, Kent
96.	Joan Beach	widow	burnt 1 April 1556	Rochester, Kent
97.	John Hullier	clergyman – curate	burnt 16 April 1556	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
98.	William Tyms	clergyman – curate	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
99.	Robert Drake	clergyman – minister or parson	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
100.	Richard Spurge	shearman	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
101.	Thomas Spurge	fuller	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
102.	George Ambrose	fuller	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
103.	John Cavel	weaver	burnt 24 April 1556	Smithfield, London
104.	Christopher Lister	husbandman	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
105.	John Mace	apothecary	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
106.	John Spencer	weaver	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
107.	Simon Joyne	sawyer	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
108.	Richard Nicol	weaver	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
109.	John Hamond	tanner	burnt 28 April 1556	Colchester, Essex
110.	Hugh Laverock	painter, (a lame man)	burnt 15 May 1556	Stratford in Essex
111.	John Apprice	blind man	burnt 15 May 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow or Stratford in Essex
112.	Thomas Drowry	blind boy	burnt about 15 May 1556	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
113.	Thomas Croker	bricklayer	burnt about 15 May 1556	Gloucester, Gloucestershire
114.	Katherine Hut	widow	burnt 16 May 1556	Smithfield, London
115.	Elizabeth Thackvel	maid	burnt 16 May 1556	Smithfield, London
116.	Joan Horns	maid	burnt 16 May 1556	Smithfield, London
117.	Thomas Spicer	labourer	burnt 21 May 1556	Beccles, Suffolk
118.	John Deny		burnt 21 May 1556	Beccles, Suffolk
119.	Edmund Poole		burnt 21 May 1556	Beccles, Suffolk
120.	Thomas Harland	carpenter	burnt 6 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
121.	John Oswald	husbandman	burnt 6 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
122.	Thomas Reed		burnt about 6 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
123.	Thomas Avington	turner	burnt about 6 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
124.	Adam Forster	husbandman	burnt 17 June 1556	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
125.	Robert Lawson	linen weaver	burnt 17 June 1556	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
126.	Thomas Wood	clergyman – pastor	burnt about 20 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
127.	Thomas Milles		burnt about 20 June 1556	Lewes, Sussex
128.	Thomas Moor	servant and husbandman	burnt 26 June 1556	Leicester, Leicestershire
129.	Henry Adlington	sawyer	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
130.	Lawrence Parnam	smith	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
131.	Henry Wye	brewer	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
132.	William Holywell	smith	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
133.	Thomas Bowyer	weaver	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
134.	George Searle	tailor	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
135.	Edmond Hurst	labourer	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
136.	Lion Cawch	merchant/broker	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
137.	Ralph Jackson	serving-man	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
138.	John Derifall	labourer	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
139.	John Routh	labourer	burnt June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
140.	Elizabeth Pepper	wife of Thomas Pepper	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
141.	Agnes George	wife of Richard George	burnt 27 June 1556	Stratford-Atte-Bow
142.	Roger Bernard	labourer	burnt 30 June 1556	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
143.	Julins Palmer	schoolmaster	burnt about 15 July 1556	'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire
144.	John Guin	shoemaker	burnt about 15 July 1556	'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire
145.	Thomas Askin		burnt about 15 July 1556	'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire
146.	Catherine Cauchés		burnt 18 July 1556	St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
147.	Perotine Massey (pregnant)	wife of Norman Calvinist minister	burnt 18 July 1556	St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
148.	Guillemine Gilbert		burnt 18 July 1556	St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
149.	Thomas Dungate		burnt 18 July 1556	Grinstead, Sussex
150.	John Forman		burnt 18 July 1556	Grinstead, Sussex
151.	Anne Tree		burnt 18 July 1556	Grinstead, Sussex
152.	Joan Waste	blind woman	burnt 1 August 1556	Derby, Derbyshire
153.	Edward Sharp	glover (possibly)	burnt early September 1556	Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset
154.	Rose Pencell		burnt 17 October 1555	Bristol
155.	William Shapton	weaver	burnt 17 October 1555	Bristol
156.	John Kurde	shoemaker	burnt October 1556 or 20 September 1557	Northampton, Northamptonshire
157.	John Noyes	shoemaker	burnt 22 September 1556 or 1557
158.	Thomas Ravensdale		burnt 24 September 1556	Mayfield, Sussex
159.	John Hart		burnt 24 September 1556	Mayfield, Sussex
160.	Unknown man	shoemaker	burnt 24 September 1556	Mayfield, Sussex
161.	Unknown man	currier	burnt 24 September 1556	Mayfield, Sussex
162.	Nicholas Holden	weaver	burnt 24 September 1556	Mayfield, Sussex
163.	Unknown man	carpenter	burnt 25 September 1556	Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset
164.	John Horn		burnt late September 1556	Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
165.	John Phillpott		burnt 16 January 1557	Wye, Ashford, Kent
166.	Thomas Stephens		burnt 16 January 1557	Wye, Ashford, Kent
167.	Stephen Kempe		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
168.	William Waterer		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
169.	William Prowting		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
170.	William Lowick		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
171.	Thomas Hudson		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
172.	William Hay		burnt 15 January 1557	Canterbury, Kent
173.	Nicholas Final		burnt 16 January 1557	Ashford, Kent
174.	Martin Bradbridge		burnt 16 January 1557	Ashford, Kent
175.	William Carman		burnt day and month unknown 1557
176.	Thomas Loseby		burnt 12 April 1557	Smithfield, London
177.	Henry Ramsey		burnt 12 April 1557	Smithfield, London
178.	Thomas Thyrtell		burnt 12 April 1557	Smithfield, London
179.	Margaret Hyde		burnt 12 April 1557	Smithfield, London
180.	Agnes Stanley		burnt 12 April 1557	Smithfield, London
181.	Richard Sharpe	weaver	burnt 7 May 1557	Cotham, Bristol
182.	Thomas Hale	shoemaker	burnt 7 May 1557	Cotham, Bristol
183.	Stephen Gratwick		burnt at end of May 1557	St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey
184.	William Morant		burnt at end of May 1557	St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey
185.	Thomas King		burnt at end of May 1557	St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey
186.	Joan Bradbridge	Presumably a relative of Widow Bradbridge	burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
187.	Walter Appleby		burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
188.	Petronil Appleby	wife of Walter Appleby	burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
189.	Edmund Allin	miller	burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
190.	Katherine Allin	Wife of Edmund Allin	burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
191.	Joan Manning		burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
192.	Elizabeth	blind maid	burnt 18 June 1557	Maidstone, Kent
193.	John Fishcock		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
194.	Nicholas White		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
195.	Nicholas Pardue		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
196.	Barbara Final		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
197.	Bradbridge's Widow	Probably the widow of Martin Bradbridge	burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
198.	Mistress Wilson		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
199.	Alice Benden		burnt 19 June 1557	Canterbury, Kent
200.	Richard Woodman	iron-maker	burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
201.	George Stevens		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
202.	William Mainard		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
203.	Alexander Hosman	servant of William Mainard	burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
204.	Thomasina Wood	maidservant of William Mainard	burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
205.	Margery Morris		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
206.	James Morris – son of Margery		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
207.	Denis Burcis		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
208.	Ann Ashdon		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
209.	Mary Groves		burnt 22 June 1557	Lewes, Sussex
210.	Simon Miller		burnt 13 July 1557	Norwich, Norfolk
211.	Elizabeth Cooper	wife of a pewterer	burnt 13 July 1557	Norwich, Norfolk
212.	George Egles		executed, August 1557	Chelmsford, Essex
213.	William Bongeor	glazier	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
214.	William Purchase	fuller	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
215.	Thomas Benhote	tallow-chandler	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
216.	Agnes Silverside	widow	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
217.	Helen Ewring	wife of John Ewring	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
218.	Elizabeth Folk	'young maiden' and servant	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
219.	William Munt		burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
220.	Alice Munt	wife of William Munt	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
221.	Rose Allen	spinster, daughter of Alice Mount	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
222.	John Johnson	labourer	burnt 2 August 1557	Colchester, Essex
223.	Richard Crashfield		burnt 5 August 1557	Norwich, Norfolk
224.	Father Fruier		burnt August 1557	Rochester, Kent
225.	Robert Stevenson		burnt August 1557	Rochester, Kent
226.	Sister of George Eagles		burnt August 1557	Rochester, Kent
227.	Unknown Woman		burnt August 1557	Rochester, Kent
228.	Agnes Prest	Spinner	burnt 15 August 1557	Southernhay, Exeter
229.	Thomas Benion	weaver	burnt 27 August 1557	Bristol
230.	Joyce Lewis	gentlewoman	burnt September 1557	Lichfield, Staffordshire
231.	Ralph Allerton		burnt 17 September 1557	Islington
232.	James Austoo		burnt 17 September 1557	Islington
233.	Margery Austoo		burnt 17 September 1557	Islington
234.	Richard Roth		burnt 17 September 1557	Islington
235.	Agnes Bongeor		burnt 17 September (or unknown date July)	Colchester, Essex
236.	Margaret Thurston		burnt 17 September (or unknown date July)	Colchester, Essex
237.	Cicely Ormes	wife of Edmund Ormes	burnt 23 September 1557	Norwich, Norfolk
238.	Thomas Spurdance	servant of the Queen	burnt November 1557	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
239.	John Halingdale	carpenter	burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557	Smithfield, London
240.	William Sparrow		burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557	Smithfield, London
241.	Richard Gibson	gentleman	burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557	Smithfield, London
242.	John Rough	clergyman – minister	burnt 22 December 1557	Smithfield, London
243.	Margaret Maring		burnt 22 December 1557	Smithfield, London
244.	[Unknown forename ...] Lawton		burnt March 1558	Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
245.	Cuthbert Symson	clergyman – deacon	died 28 March 1558	Smithfield, London
246.	Hugh Foxe	hosier	died 28 March 1558	Smithfield, London
247.	John Devinish	wool winder	died 28 March 1558	Smithfield, London
248.	William Nichol		burnt 9 April 1558	SM9515 Haverfordwest/Hwlffordd, Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro
249.	William Seaman	husbandman	burnt 19 May 1558	Norwich, Norfolk
250.	Thomas Hudson	glover	burnt 19 May 1558	Norwich, Norfolk
251.	Thomas Carman		burnt 19 May 1558	Norwich, Norfolk
252.	William Harris		burnt 26 May 1558	Colchester
253.	Richard Day		burnt 26 May 1558	Colchester, Essex
254.	Christian George (female)		burnt 26 May 1558	Colchester, Essex
255.	Henry Pond		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
256.	Reinald Eastland		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
257.	Robert Southain		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
258.	Matthew Ricarby		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
259.	John Floyd		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
260.	John Holiday		burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
261.	Roger Holland	merchant tailor	burnt 27 June 1558	Smithfield, London
262.	Sir Richard Yeoman	clergyman – curate	burnt 10 July 1558	Norwich, Norfolk
263.	Robert Mills		burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
264.	Stephen Cotton		burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
265.	Robert Dynes		burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
266.	Stephen Wight		burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
267.	John Slade		burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
268.	William Pikes	tanner	burnt 14 July 1558	Brentford, Middlesex
269.	John Cooke	sawyer	burnt about 25 July 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
270.	Robert Milles	shearman	burnt about 25 July 1558	Bury St Edmunds
271.	Alexander Lane	wheelwright	burnt about 25 July 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
272.	James Ashley	bachelor	burnt about 25 July 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
273.	Thomas Benbrike	gentleman	burnt unknown day in July 1558	Winchester, Hampshire
274.	John Snell		burnt 9 September 1558	Richmond, Yorkshire
275.	Alexander Gooch	weaver	burnt 4 November 1558	Ipswich Cornhill
276.	Alice Driver	wife of a husbandman	burnt 4 November 1558	Ipswich Cornhill
277.	Philip Humphrey		burnt November 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
278.	John David		burnt November 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
279.	Henry David		burnt November 1558	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
280.	John Corneford		burnt 15 November 1558	Canterbury, Kent
281.	Christopher Brown		burnt 15 November 1558	Canterbury
282.	John Herst		burnt 15 November 1558	Canterbury, Kent
283.	Alice Snoth		burnt 15 November 1558	Canterbury, Kent
284.	Katherine Knight	an aged woman	burnt 15 November 1558	Canterbury

Note: Queen Mary I died on 17 November 1558.

Protestants executed under Elizabeth I (1558–1603)

No.	Name	Description	Date of execution	Place of execution
1.	Jan Wielmacker	Dutchman	22 July 1575	Smithfield, London
2.	Hendrik Ter Woort	Dutchman	22 July 1575	Smithfield, London
3.	Matthew Hamont	ploughwright	20 May 1579	Norwich Castle
4.	John Lewes		18 September 1583	Norwich, Norfolk
5.	Peter Cole	tanner	1587	Norwich
6.	Francis Kett	clergyman and physician	14 January 1589	Norwich Castle
7.	John Greenwood	Puritan divine: Separatist	6 April 1593	London
8.	Henry Barrowe	lawyer : Separatist	6 April 1593	London
9.	John Penry	writer and preacher	29 May 1593	St Thomas a Watering, Old Kent Road, London

Protestants executed under James I (1603–1625)

No.	Name	Description	Date of execution	Place of execution
1.	Bartholomew Legate	cloth trader	18 March 1612	Smithfield, London
2.	Edward Wightman	mercer and minister	11 April 1612	Lichfield, Staffordshire

People who died in prison

Some Protestants died in prison because of their beliefs, even if they weren't formally executed. Here are a few examples:

No.	Name	Description	Date of death	Place of death
	Under Henry VIII
1.	Christopher, a Dutchman		1531	died in prison at Westminster
2.	John Porter	tailor	1542	Newgate Prison, London
3.	Thomas Sommers	merchant	About 1542	Tower of London
	Under Mary I
1.	John Alcock	shearman	2 April 1555	Newgate Prison, London
2.	William Minge	clergyman – priest	2 July 1555	Maidstone Prison, Kent
3.	John Aleworth		July 1555	Reading Prison, Berkshire
4.	... Tingle		September 1555	Newgate Prison, London
5.	George Kyng		September 1555	sickened in Lollard's Tower
6.	Jhon Lesse		September 1555	Newgate Prison, London
7.	John Wade		September 1555	sickened in Lollard's Tower
8.	William Androwes	carpenter	September 1555	Newgate Prison, London
9.	James Gore		7 December 1555	Colchester Prison, Essex
10.	William Wiseman	clothworker	13 December 1555	Lowlar's Tower/Lollard's Tower, Lambeth Palace, London
11.	Margaret Eliot	maid	May 1556	Newgate Prison, London
12.	William Sleeke		31 May 1556	'King's Bench' Southwark, Surrey
13.	William Adheral	minister	24 June 1556	'King's Bench' Southwark, Surrey
14.	John Clemente	wheelwright	26 June 1556	'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey
15.	Thomas Parret		27 June 1556	'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey
16.	Martyne Hunte		29 June 1556	'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey
17.	John Morris		29 June 1556	'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey
18.	John Careless	weaver	1 July 1556	'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey
19.–21.	William Dangerfield, his wife Joan and their infant child			sickened in prison
22.–24.	Three people		October 1556	Chichester Castle, Sussex (or Canterbury Castle, Kent)
25.	John Clark		in or after November 1556	Canterbury Castle, Kent
26.	Dunston Chittenden		in or after November 1556	Canterbury Castle, Kent
27.	William Foster		in or after November 1556	Canterbury Castle, Kent
28.	Alice Potkins		in or after November 1556	Canterbury Castle, Kent
29.	John Archer		in or after November 1556	Canterbury Castle
30.	John Thurston		May 1557	Colchester Castle, Essex
31.	N. Ambrose		about June 1557 (or July 1557)	Maidstone Prison, Kent
32.	John Dale	weaver		Bury St Edmunds Prison
33.	Matthew Withers		June 1558	Newgate Prison, London
34.	Thomas Tyler		June 1558	Newgate Prison, London

Images for kids

Marian martyrs memorial: Cotham Church, Bristol