Claire RidgwayFind out about the martyr who inspired the likes of Oxford martyr Hugh Latimer, but who recanted twice, although it didn't save him...
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Thomas Bilney - The Reluctant Martyr - The Tudor Society
On this day in Tudor history, 19th August 1531, Norfolk priest and preacher Thomas Bilney was burned at the stake in the Lollards' Pit, Norwich. Bilney had been a passionate reformer, inspiring the likes of fellow martyr, Bishop Hugh Latimer, but under pressure, he broke and recanted, regretted his recantation but then, at the end, recanted once more. Find out more about Bolney, his career, religious wavering, and tragic end...