Newbury Martyrs

The burning of the Newbury Martyrs

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Joscelyn Palmer, Thomas Askew and John Gwin, known as the Newbury Martyrs burnt at the stake during 1556.

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In all the histories of English martyrs there is perhaps none more touching that that of Julins or Joscelyn Palmer, usually written ‘Julius’. He had been a Romanist (Catholic) at Oxford and full of the zeal which urged St. Paul to hold the garment of
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