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Thomas Harding (1448 - 1532)

Thomas Harding
Born in Cam, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1470 in Cam, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Died at about age 84 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 6 Aug 2010
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Biography

Thomas Harding was a sixteenth-century English religious dissident who, while waiting to be burnt at the stake as a Lollard in 1532, was struck on the head by a spectator with one of the pieces of firewood, which killed him instantly.

Sources


  • Lambert, Malcolm. Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1977.
  • Baines, Arnold & Foxell, Shirley. "The Life & Times Of Thomas Harding, Chesham's Lollard Martyr" Clive Foxell, 2010

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* Thanks to Gordon Stewart for starting this profile.

  • This person was created on 06 August 2010 through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged.
  • This person was created on 19 October 2010 through the import of Ancestors of Lois Greene.ged.
  • WikiTree profile Harding-826 created through the import of SRW 7th July 2011.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Stephen Wilkinson.
  • [[Christensen-519 | Janice Hardin]




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Here is an article noting that he was not burned but was killed by a spectator while awaiting his fate to be burned: Taylor, Rupert. "Amersham Martyrs Executed for Heresy." Owlcation. 15 Oct 2018. owlcation.com. Accessed 17 Nov 2019
posted by DK Clews

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