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The Oxford Martyrs were tried
for heresy in 1555 and subsequently burnt at the stake in Oxford, England,
for their religious beliefs and teachings.
The three martyrs were the bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, and
the Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. They were tried at University Church of St
Mary the Virgin, the official church of Oxford University on the High
Street. The martyrs were imprisoned at the former Bocado Prison near the
still extant St Michael at the Northgate church (at the north gate of the
city walls) in Cornmarket Street. The door of their cell is on display in
the tower of the church.
The martyrs were burnt at the stake just outside the city walls to the
north, where Broad Street is now located. Latimer and Ridley were burnt on
16 October, 1555. Cranmer was burnt five months later on 21 March 1556.
A small area cobbled with stones forming a cross in the centre of the road
outside the front of Balliol College marks the site. The Victorian
spire-like Martyrs' Memorial, at the south end of St Giles' nearby,
commemorates the events.
Contents Include:
The Works of Nicholas Ridley in One Volume
The Works of Thomas Cranmer in Two Volumes
The Works of Hugh Latimer in Two Volumes
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