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4th February 1555: John Rogers became the first Protestant martyr under ‘Bloody’ Mary I of England
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:39
Publish Date: 2018-02-03 21:05:51
Description: John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake. John Rogers was educated at Cambridge, after which he became a Catholic priest. As the Reformation began to take hold, Rogers questioned his vocation and subsequently resigned his ministry. He moved to Antwerp in 1534 where he met William Tyndale who had published his English translation of the New Testament a few years earlier. Tyndale was instrumental in converting Rogers to Protestantism, after which he married Adriana de Weyden with whom he had a number of children. Just a few months later his ...
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