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  The Tudors
On Tuesday 27 March 1555 the nineteen year old William Hunter, who was an apprentice silk weaver in London, was publicly burned in his home town of Brentwood.
Hunter declined Bishop Bonner's' offer of £40 to set him up in business and to make him a Freeman of the City of London, if only he would recant.
Hunter was not afraid to die, lifting his hands to heaven and praying: 'Lord receive my spirit', then casting down his head again into the smothering smoke, he yielded up his life for the Faith'.
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 Hunter (disambiguation)
John Hunter (New South Wales), (1737 – 1821) - governor of New South Wales from 1795 to 1800.
William Hunter (anatomist), (1718–1783) - Scottish anatomist and physician.
William Hunter (Protestant martyr), (1535–1555) - Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood, England.
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 Hunter (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Hunter (New South Wales), (1737 - 1821) - governor of New South Wales from 1795 to 1800.
William Hunter (anatomist), (1718-1783) - Scottish anatomist and physician.
William Hunter (Protestant martyr), (1535-1555) - Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood.
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 People and Peoples (Q-Z)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William II was a son of William The Conqueror and King of England from 1087 to 1100.
William III was King of England from 1689 to 1702.
William IV was King of England from 1830 to 1837.
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 martyr
Historically, a martyr (from Greek martys for "witness") was considered to be a person who died for their religious faith, typically by being tortured to death.
Christian martyrs in the first three centuries A.D. were crucified in the same manner as Roman political prisoners or eaten by lions as a circus spectacle.
The cause of Palestinian freedom or nationalism tends to be hurt by the targeting of Israeli civilians by terrorists, and terrorism is generally denouced as a form around the world--not necessarily for its criminality, but for its use against strong civilized nations as a way to circumvent military might.
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 Baillie
It is traditionally stated that the celebrated Sir William Wallace acquired the estate of Lamington by marrying Marion Braidfoot, the heiress of that family, and that it passed to Sir William Baillie on his marriage with the eldest daughter and heiress of Wallace.
Hunter of Longcalderwood, a small estate in the parish of East Kilbride, in the same county, went there to reside, with her two daughters, Agnes and Joanna, but when the latter was about twenty years of age, Mrs.
William Henry Murray, his successor as manager and lessee, and the granddaughter of Murray of Broughton, the secretary of the Pretender during the rebellion of 1745.
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 Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary
William Hunter had been trained to the doctrines of the Reformation from his earliest youth, being descended from religious parents, who carefully instructed him in the principles of true religion.
Hunter, then nineteen years of age, refusing to receive the communion at Mass, was threatened to be brought before the bishop to whom this valiant young martyr was conducted by a constable.
Marsh answered like a true Protestant that the essence of the bread and wine was not at all changed, hence, after receiving dreadful threats from some, and fair words from others, for his opinions, he was remanded to ward, where he lay two nights without any bed.
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 Bible Battle 2
Protestant ministers were speedily replaced by ignorant priests whose mass and liturgy were performed in Latin.
These names are immortalised in British Protestant history and their martyrdom commemorated even in the antipodes, where in the splendid city of Christchurch, New Zealand, is a magnificent Anglican cathedral set amidst three civic squares, each proudly bearing one of the illustrious martyrs' names.
We shall here mention the case of William Hunter, a mere youth of eighteen years, yet in possession of a maturity of Christian experience that enabled him to be faithful unto death--even the death of the fiery stake.
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 William Hunter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William Hunter was publicly burned in his home town of Brentwood in Essex because he was found reading the Bible for himself.
William was singled out by the authorities because he refused to attend mass despite an order having been made that everyone in the City of London had to attend the Catholic mass.
William was burnt at the stake because of his beliefs and because he refused to deny his beliefs.
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 Fox's Book of Martyr's - Chapter 16 Part 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William Hunter had been trained to the doctrines of the Reformation from his earliest youth, being descended from religious parents, who carefully instructed him in the principles of true religion.
Hunter, then nineteen years of age, refusing to receive the communion at Mass, was threatened to be brought before the bishop; to whom this valiant young martyr was conducted by a constable.
William Andrew of Horseley, Essex, was imprisoned in Newgate for heresy; but God chose to call him to himself by the severe treatment he endured in Newgate, and thus to mock the snaguinary expectations of his Catholic persecutors.
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 William Dailey Rare Books, Ltd. - Rare Books Printed Before 1700
William Camden (1551-1623), antiquary and historian, was the author of the famous Brittania, considered one of the greatest examples of chronicle-writing.
William Anstruther (d.1711) the Scottish judge and supporter of the Prince of Orange, was the uncle of Sir John Anstruther (1753-1811), the Anglo-Indian judge who managed the impeachment of Warren Hastings.
Norman 2244-46; Hunter and McAlpine pp.187-92; Sena, Bibliography of Melancholy, 103.
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 Printing in England from Caxton to Barker
William Caxton was born in Kent between 1415 and 1424.
William Rastell was born about 1508 and after studying at Oxford he followed the dual profession of printer-publisher and lawyer.
William Cuningham was a physician, an astrologer, and an engraver.
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 Hunter (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A type of equestrian competition, judging either the rider equitation or the horse's suitability for fox hunting.
Hunter was the name of a popular TV detective thriller in the 1980s.
Hunter, or the Hunter, is the cheetah in the Spyro the Dragon video game series.
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 WHY WERE OUR REFORMERS BURNED? The Reformation in England / The Church Reformers
Ridley was born at Willimondswike, in Northumberland, on the borders.
Philpot is one of the martyrs of whom we know little comparatively, except that he was born at Compton, in Hampshire, was of good family, and well connected, and had a very high reputation for learning.
The members of this school may protest loudly that they are sound churchmen, but they certainly are not churchmen of the same Opinions as the Marian martyrs.
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 English Reformation: Why the Martyrs Were Burned Alive
There's one in that cloud named William Hunter, whose courage, testimony and example never fails to move me to tears, and inspire me to stand firm on the Rock of Ages.
It's a classic confrontation between another 'David and Goliath', the outcome was William's condemnation as a 'heretic', and public burning which he endured with the grace and authority of a true saint of God, leaving an example which thunders down the years to all who have ears to hear.
So well grounded was he in Protestant doctrine, and so effective in preaching, that he was sent to proclaim the true Gospel in Lancashire and Cheshire, a commission he carried out with tremendous zeal and effectiveness.
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 BibleNet.net - Library - Fox's Book of Martyrs - Chapter XVI
William Hale also, of Thorp, in Essex, was sent to Barnet, where about the same time he joined the ever-blessed company of martyrs.
William Andrew of Horseley, Essex, was imprisoned in Newgate for heresy; but God chose to call him to himself by the severe treatment he endured in Newgate, and thus to mock the snaguinary expectations of his Catholic persecutors.
This martyr was the son of a knight, born in Hampshire, and brought up at New College, Oxford, where for several years he studied the civil law, and became eminent in the Hebrew tongue.
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 FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Thus did the first apostolic martyr cheerfully and resolutely receive that cup, which he had told our Savior he was ready to drink.
Persecution in A.D.303: Sebastian, a celebrated martyr, was born at Narbonne, in Gaul, instructed in the principles of Christianity at Milan, and afterward became an officer of the emperor's guard at Rome.
This woman having been informed against as a Protestant, was apprehended, and, after a small process, her goods were ordered to be confiscated.
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 Foxe's book of Martyrs
The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles' Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was cousin-german to the Virgin Mary.
Some of the martyrs were obliged to pass, with their already wounded feet, over thorns, nails, sharp shells, etc. upon their points, others were scourged until their sinews and veins lay bare, and after suffering the most excruciating tortures that could be devised, they were destroyed by the most terrible deaths.
He succeeded the martyr Pothinus as bishop of Lyons, and ruled his diocese with great propriety; he was a zealous opposer of heresies in general, and, about A.D. 187, he wrote a celebrated tract against heresy.
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 History - Book of Martyrs, Ch. 16, Sec. 1
Bonner caused William to be brought into a chamber, where he began to reason with him, proimising him security and pardon if he would recant.
His principal accusers and persecutors, on a charge of praemunire in the reign of Edward VI were George Constantine Walter, his servant; Thomas Young, chanter of the cathedral, afterward bishop of Bangor, etc. Dr.
William Flower, otherwise Branch, was born at Snow-hill, in the county of Cambridge, where he went to school some years, and then came to the abby of Ely.
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 Book 1 - Chapter 16 - Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Lord Chief Justice Hale, though a true Protestant and an upright judge, alone declined to unite his name in favor of the Lady Jane, because he had already signified his opinion that Mary was entitled to assume the reins of government.
After this good and faithful martyr had been kept in prison one year and a quarter, the bishops at length called him, as they did his fellow-prisoners, openly to be examined before the queen's council.
This martyr was the son of a knight, born in Hampshire, and brought up at New College, Oxford, where for several years he studied the civil law, and became eminent in the Hebrew tongue.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Blinkbits.com
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (en)
William Howard Taft High School (Bronx, New York) (en)
William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (en)
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 Fox's Book of Martyrs - Chapter 16: Christian Resource Centre (Bermuda)!
Lord Chief Justice Hale, though a true Protestant and an upright judge, alone declined to unite his name in favour of the Lady Jane, because he had already signified his opinion that Mary was entitled to assume the reins of government.
William Andrew of Horseley, Essex, was imprisoned in Newgate for heresy; but God chose to call him to himself by the severe treatment he endured in Newgate, and thus to mock the sanguinary expectations of his Catholic persecutors.
In November, fifteen martyrs were imprisoned in Canterbury castle, of whom all were either burnt or famished.
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 William Alexander Linn: Story of the Mormons - mormonikirkko - mormonit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Luther, the Protestant pioneer, believed that he had personal conferences with the devil; Wesley, the founder of Methodism, declared that "the giving up of (belief) in witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible.
William Stafford opportunely owned such an animal, and, as he puts it, "to gratify my curiosity, "he let the Smiths have it.
Tucker relates that two local wags, William T. Hussey and Azel Vandruver, intimate acquaintances of Smith, on asking for a sight of the book and hearing Joe's usual excuse, declared their readiness to risk their lives if that were the price of the privilege.
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 EIPS - William Hunter -- The Boy Martyr
I must also tell you about the Boy Martyr of Brentwood, and how he was called upon to witness with his life to the great truths of the Gospel.
"Hunter answered: 'The text saith, that Christ took bread, but not that He changed it into another substance but gave that which He took, and brake that which He gave, which was bread, as is evident by the text; for otherwise he should have two bodies to affirm which I see no reason.'
"Hunter answered: 'God strengthen me in His truth.' The judges condemned the boy Hunter to the same sad fate as Rose Allen; but the night before his execution he was allowed to see his Father and Mother.
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 Denis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Denis with his inseparable companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, who were martyred with him, settled on the Ile de la Cité in the Seine.
The martyrdom of Denis and his companions gave the name of (The highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists) Montmartre, in (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French literally the mountain of the martyr.
According to the (Click link for more info and facts about Golden Legend) Golden Legend, after his head was chopped off, St Denis picked it up and walked several miles, all the time preaching a (An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)) sermon.
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 Mystery of Francis Bacon
In 1657 William Rawley issued a volume of unpublished manuscripts under the title of "Resuscitatio," and to these he added a Life of the great Philosopher.
William Cecil was a man of considerable classical attainments, although these were probably not superior to those of Mildred Cooke, the lady who became his second wife.
Resolve, no Man is wise or safe, but he that is honest: And let this Persuasion turn your studies and observations from the Complement and Impostures of the debased age, to more real grounds of wisdom, gathered out of the story of Times past, and out of the government of the present state.
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 Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in ...
Journal of the Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina, Held in Grace Church, Charleston, on the 12th 13th 14th February, 1862.
This being the day appointed by the last Convention, for the meeting of the Seventy Third Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South-Carolina, a number of the Clergy and Laity assembled in Grace Church, Charleston, at 10 o'clock, A. Morning Prayer to the Creed was read by the Rev. A.
It was a Martyr's end; for these brethren, in the spirit of Christian love, had gone forth to endeavour to dissuade the approaching foe from the indiscriminate slaughter of the defenceless people, among whom they were labouring.
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 David Hunter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David Hunter (1803-1888) was a Union General in the American Civil War.
The constellation Orion is also known as "The Hunter" after Orion of Greek mythology.A type of equestrian competition, judging either the rider equitation or the horses suitability for fox hunting.There have been numerous individuals whose last name was Hunter:
This artikel Hunter_(disambiguation) is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
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 Second Coming Ministries Press Release 4 - Seven Tactics of the Heresy Hunters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Many of the heresy hunters say that they are members of Assemblies of God churches or affiliated with "Charismatic" churches such as Calvary Chapel.
The heresy hunters have done an excellent job of incorporating this tactic in their attacks on the Word-Faith and others they disagree with.
In other words, the Heresy Hunter uses whatever method he possibly can to prove to his listeners/readers that those whose ministries they wish to destroy are wrong and heretical.
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