Hugh Latimer - Reference

Protestant martyr, born in Thurcaston, Leicestershire, C England, UK. In 1510 he was elected a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and in 1522 was appointed a university preacher, soon becoming noted for his reformed doctrines. He was made rector of West Kington in Wiltshire, and in 1535 was consecrated as Bishop of Worcester. Twice during Henry VIII's reign he was sent to the Tower, in 1532 and 1546, and under Mary I he was examined at Oxford (1554) and committed to jail. The next year he was found guilty of heresy, and was burned with Ridley opposite Balliol College.

Hugh Latimer (b.

Latimer was born into a family of farmers in Thurcaston, Leicestershire.

In 1510, he was elected a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge and in 1522 became university preacher. However, when Edward's sister Queen Mary I came to the throne, he was tried for his beliefs and teachings in Oxford and imprisoned. In October 1555 he was burned at the stake outside Balliol College, Oxford.

Latimer was executed beside Nicholas Ridley. He is quoted as having said to Ridley:

The deaths of Latimer, Ridley and later Cranmer — now known as the Oxford Martyrs — are commemorated in Oxford by the Victorian Martyrs' Memorial which is located near the actual execution site. The Latimer room in Clare College, Cambridge is named after him.

Reference

This entry includes public domain text originally from the 1890 Pronouncing Edition of the Holy Bible (Biographical Sketches of the Translators and Reformers and other eminent biblical scholars).