Nicholas Ridley

Type Figure Region England Time c. 1500–1555 Also known as Nicholas Ridley、Ridley

English Protestant reformist bishop, Bishop of London under Edward VI, who participated in revising the Book of Common Prayer and was martyred at Oxf…

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c. 1500–1547England · EnglandEducated at Cambridge and holding a position at King's College, he gradually moved toward reformist views and participated in early discussions of the English Reformation.
1550–1553London · LondonBecame Bishop of London in 1550, promoted diocesan reform, and participated in revising the 1552 Book of Common Prayer, working closely with reformist leaders such as Cranmer.
1554–1555Oxford · OxfordshireArrested after Mary I restored Catholicism, he was burned at the stake at Oxford on October 16, 1555, together with Hugh Latimer.

Sources

Nicholas Ridley https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-Ridley-English-bishop
Ridley, Nicholas (c.1500–1555) https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-23626