The Bible in Lincoln Cathedral and a stake in Tudor England
TL;DR
Anne Askew, a 16th‑century Lincolnshire heiress, read the Bible in Lincoln Cathedral and challenged Catholic doctrine during Henry VIII’s reign. Arrested for heresy, she was tortured in the Tower of London and burned at Smithfield in 1546, becoming a notable early Protestant martyr who stood by her beliefs.
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