Mary I's religious persecutions

Timeline

1. 1554–1555London · LondonMary I and Cardinal Reginald Pole pushed for reconciliation between England and the Roman Curia; in 1554 the heresy laws abolished since Henry VIII were restored, and ecclesiastical courts were set up to try those refusing to abandon their Protestant faith. From late 1554 large numbers of Protestant preachers and laypeople were detained pending trial.
2. 1555Smithfield · LondonOn 4 February 1555, Bible translator John Rogers became the first Protestant bishop executed by burning. That year Latimer and Ridley were burned at Oxford, and by year's end the persecution spread to London, Essex and Kent, with about 70 executions in 1555 alone.
3. 1556–1558Oxford · OxfordIn March 1556 former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was burned at Oxford, becoming the persecution's most symbolically significant victim. Persecution continued with fluctuating intensity from 1556 to 1558; by Mary's death in November 1558 some 280–300 Protestants had been martyred, earning her the nickname 'Bloody Mary'.