February 9 - An awful end for a bishop

Warning - Contains a description of a burning at the stake

 

On this day in history, 9th February 1555, Protestant John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, and former Cistercian monk, was burned at the stake for heresy in Gloucester. 

 

It was an awful execution due to green faggots being used, and John Foxe writes of there being three attempts over a period of 45 minutes. Awful, just awful.

 

You can see this podcast as a video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/dE_mtQMSHVA

 

Also on this day in history, 9th February 1542, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was taken to the Tower of London to prepare for her execution. Find out more in last year’s video - https://youtu.be/53HVn-dfMyk