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  2. List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation - Wikipedia

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    [2]: 186 Many people were exiled, and hundreds of dissenters were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname of "Bloody Mary". [3] The number of people executed for their faith during the persecutions is thought to be at least 287, including 56 women. [4] Thirty others died in prison. [5]: 79

  3. Mary I of England - Wikipedia

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    Mary speedily assembled a force in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was eventually beheaded. Mary was—excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda—the first queen regnant of England. In July 1554, she married Prince Philip of Spain, becoming queen consort of Habsburg Spain on his accession in 1556.

  4. Thomas Cranmer - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a theologian, leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I.

  5. Death by burning - Wikipedia

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    Mary I ordered hundreds of Protestants burnt at the stake during her reign (1553–58) in what would be known as the "Marian Persecutions" earning her the epithet of "Bloody" Mary. [77] Many of those executed by Mary are listed in Actes and Monuments, written by Foxe in 1563 and 1570.

  6. Bloody Mary (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Bloody Mary is a legend of a ghost, phantom, witch, or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is chanted repeatedly. The Bloody Mary apparition may be benevolent or malevolent, depending on historic variations of the legend. Bloody Mary appearances are mostly witnessed in group participation play.

  7. Rowland Taylor - Wikipedia

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    He was arrested just six days after the new queen, Mary I, ascended the throne. Aside from the fact that Taylor had supported Lady Jane Grey, Mary's rival, he was also charged with heresy for having preached a sermon in Bury St Edmunds denouncing the Roman Catholic practice of clerical celibacy, which required that a priest in holy orders be ...

  8. Why did no one help her? Fatal subway burning exposes New ...

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    Illegal migrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil watches the woman he allegedly set on fire burn. Subway surveillance images show Sebastian Zapeta-Calil leaving the car as the woman burns to death.

  9. John Hooper (bishop) - Wikipedia

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    Hooper opposed this plot but this did not improve his situation once Mary had become Queen. [17] As a representative of the radical wing of Protestantism, Hooper was the first bishop to be attacked. He was given sanctuary at Sutton Court , before being sent to the Fleet prison on 1 September, first on a charge of debt.