December 18 - Heretic John Philpott’s sad end

2019-12-17

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On this day in Tudor history, 18th December 1555, John Philpott, former Archdeacon of Winchester, was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield. Philpott had done a lot in his 40 years, including studying in Italy, upsetting Bishop Gardiner, and supporting fellow Protestants from his prison cell, and he died a courageous death at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary I. Find out more about him in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society. You can read records of his examinations, the ones he smuggled out of p...

On this day in Tudor history, 18th December 1555, John Philpott, former Archdeacon of Winchester, was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield.

Philpott had done a lot in his 40 years, including studying in Italy, upsetting Bishop Gardiner, and supporting fellow Protestants from his prison cell, and he died a courageous death at Smithfield in the reign of Queen Mary I. Find out more about him in today's talk from Claire Ridgway, founder of the Tudor Society.

You can read records of his examinations, the ones he smuggled out of prison, at https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe328.htm

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

https://youtu.be/cPM-lq1D8Po

You can find Claire at:

https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com

https://www.tudorsociety.com

https://www.facebook.com/theanneboleynfiles/

https://www.facebook.com/tudorsociety/

https://twitter.com/AnneBoleynFiles

https://twitter.com/thetudorsociety

https://www.instagram.com/tudor.society/

https://www.instagram.com/anneboleynfiles/