John Lawrence (martyr)
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John Lawrence was a sixteenth-century English Protestant martyr. His story was recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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He was executed in Colchester
, Essex; he apparently had to be taken to the stake in a chair because the irons he had been kept in in prison and the lack of food had left him too weak.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, more accurately Acts and Monuments, is an account from a Protestant point of view of Christian church history and martyrology...
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He was executed in Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
, Essex; he apparently had to be taken to the stake in a chair because the irons he had been kept in in prison and the lack of food had left him too weak.