John Frith
John Frith (* 1503 in Westerham , Kent , † July 4, 1533 in London ) was an English martyr of the Reformation.
He was a student at Eton and Cambridge at King's College until 1525 . After graduating, he was called to the Christ Church ( Wolsey's College ) as a canon , where he met evangelical students. Among them was the future priest and scholar William Tyndale .
In 1527/28 he and numerous others were arrested on suspicion of heresy . Some of his fellow prisoners withdrew, he managed to escape to the Netherlands and later to Marburg . In 1530 he published Patrick's Places and wrote numerous propaganda writings of his own for the Reformation. In 1532 he stayed in England for a short time, but soon returned to Flanders . After his marriage and return to England, he was burned as a heretic in Smithfield / London in 1533 .
Works
- The Revelation of Antichrist . 1529
- A disputacio (n) of purgatorye , 1530
literature
- Marcus L. Loane , Pioneers of the Reformation in England , London 1964
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| SURNAME | Frith, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Protestant priest and martyr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1503 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westerham (Kent) , Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1533 |
| Place of death | London |