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Born c.1530 • Grimsby • England
Died February 29, 1604 • London • England
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
queen of England
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
Hans Holbein the Younger: Sir Thomas More
Thomas More
English humanist and statesman
Saint John Fisher
English priest
Murder of St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
William Laud
William Laud
archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
Mary I
Mary I
queen of England
John Foxe, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, 1587; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Foxe
English Puritan preacher and author
Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Hugh Latimer
English Protestant
George Jeffreys, detail of an oil painting attributed to H. Claret; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
English judge
Rogers, John
John Rogers
English religious reformer
Edmund Grindal
archbishop of Canterbury
Jeremy Collier
English bishop
John Jewel, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
John Jewel
English bishop
Bernard Gilpin
British clergyman
Nicholas Ridley
Nicholas Ridley
English bishop
Richard Cox
English clergyman
William Warham, engraving from Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1814–34).
William Warham
archbishop of Canterbury