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Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500 – 16 October 1555) was an English Bishop of London (the only bishop called "Bishop of London and Westminster"). Ridley was one of the Oxford Martyrs burned at the stake during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey.
Nicholas Ridley (born c. 1500, /03, South Tynedale, Northumberland, Eng.—died Oct. 16, 1555, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was a Protestant martyr, one of the finest academic minds in the early English Reformation. Ridley attended Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained a priest ( c. 1524).
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Oct 10, 2005 · Nicholas Ridley, in his early fifties, had been Bishop of London and an outspoken supporter of the attempt to make Lady Jane Grey queen instead of ‘Bloody’ Mary. After Mary’s accession he was arrested for treason.
Jun 17, 2024 · One of the celebrated ‘Oxford martyrs’, Ridley played a significant role in shaping the protestant Church of England under Edward VI. A Northumbrian by birth, he studied at Newcastle, Cambridge, Paris, and Louvain, and around 1524 became a fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
May 29, 2018 · Nicholas Ridley [1], c.1500–1555, English prelate, reformer, and Protestant martyr. In 1534, while a proctor of Cambridge, he signed the decree against the pope's supremacy in England.
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop and Martyr, is a man whose name ought to be a household word among all truehearted English Churchmen. In the noble army of English Reformers, no one deserves a higher place than Ridley.
As Bishop of London, Nicholas Ridley was an equally inviting target for Mary’s wrath. Ridley had been, since 1537, Cranmer’s chaplain and one of his closest advisors, helping to shape the 1549 Prayer Book.
