Anne Askew was a young woman, highly educated in theology and was examined in 1545 at Sadlers Wells in London and before the Mayor of London and the Arch Bishop Boner for Protestant heresy. At this stage, she could without much compromise have saved her life, but her behaviour became increasingly uncooperative with the authorities. She was singularly uncaring about the status of those interviewing her and was able to retaliate with her own interpretation of the Scriptures in any argument.
On the 18th of June 1546, she was interrogated at the Guildhall and within a few days was incarcerated in the Tower of London. On the 16th of July, she was carried in a chair because she was so weak and was taken to the stake at Smithfield. Even at this stage, she was assured of the Kings pardon if she recanted. She refused and the fire was lit.
From the Annals of London.
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