Hugh Latimer (1485?-1555)
Near the end of the fifteenth century, Latimer was born in Thurcaston in Leicestershire. He received instruction from Cambridge and became a Protestant. Latimer's first position made him the king's chaplain under Henry VIII. Although he became Bishop of Worcester in the 1535, Latimer resigned a few years later after Henry VIII's Six Articles passed through Parliament. Not long after, Latimer was kept prisoner in a tower for several years. This ended during the brief reign of Edward IV, who freed him to preach in 1547. Because of Latimer's outspoken Reformation views, the next monarch, Queen Mary I, rearrested him. He did not deny his beliefs. On October 16, 1555, Latimer was burned at the stake at Oxford for his Christian views.
