The Oxford Martyrs burning was the most symbolically significant act of Marian persecution. Latimer reportedly declared Be of good comfort Master Ridley and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle by Gods grace in England as I trust shall never be put out. The burning of Cranmer — Henry VIII architect of the English Reformation — completed Mary's symbolic reversal of the Reformation. The site is marked by the Martyrs Memorial.
Bishops Ridley, Latimer (October 1555) and Archbishop Cranmer (March 1556)
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