See also:NICHOLAS See also:RIDLEY (c. 1500-1555)
, See also:English See also:bishop and See also:martyr, was descended from an old See also:Northumberland fancily
.
The second son of See also:Christopher See also:Ridley of Unthank See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, near Willemoteswick, in that See also:county, he was See also:born in the beginning of the 16th See also:century
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From a school at See also:Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne he was sent about 1518 to See also:Pembroke Hall, See also:Cambridge, being supported there by his See also:uncle, Dr See also:Robert Ridley (d
.
1536), and specially distinguishing himself in See also:Greek
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Having graduated M.A. in 1526, he went to study at the See also:Sorbonne in See also:Paris and at See also:Louvain, and on his return to Cambridge he was appointed junior treasurer of his See also:college
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In 1534 he was one of the university proctors, and he signed the See also:decree of the university against the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:pope in See also:England
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About this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Ridley, who was now See also:chaplain to the university, began to distinguish himself as an orator and a disputant, and to show leanings to the reformed faith
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Having proceeded B.D. in 1537, he was appointed by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Cranmer, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, one of his chaplains, and in See also:April 1538 the same See also:prelate instituted him to the vicarage of See also:Herne in See also:Kent
.
In 1540 he was chosen See also:master of Pembroke Hall; in 1541 he became chaplain to See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. and See also:canon of Canterbury
.
In 1543 he was accused of heretical teaching and practices, but he managed to allay the suspicions of the royal commissioners, although just after his exculpation he finally abandoned the See also:doctrine of See also:transubstantiation
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In 1547 Ridley was presented by his college to the Cambridge-See also:shire living of See also:Soham, and in See also:September of the same See also:year he was nominated bishop of See also:Rochester
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See also:Edward VI. was now on the See also:throne and the new bishop was in high favour
.
He was one of the visitors who were appointed to establish protestantism in the university of Cambridge; in 1548 he helped to compile the English See also:prayer See also:book; and in 1549 he was one of the commissioners who examined Bishops See also:Gardiner and See also:Bonner
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He concurred in their deprivation and succeeded Bonner in the see of See also:London
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Having signed the letters patent settling the English See also:crown on See also:Lady Jane See also:Grey, Ridley,, in a See also:sermon preached at St See also:Paul's See also:cross on the 9th of See also:July 1553, affirmed that the princesses See also:Mary and See also:Elizabeth were illegitimate and that the See also:succession of the former would be disastrous to the religious interests of England
.
When Lady Jane's cause was lost, however, he went to See also:Framlingham to ask See also:Queen Mary's See also:pardon, but at once he was arrested and sent to the See also:Tower of London
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From his See also:prison he wrote in See also:defence of his religious opinions, and See also:early in 1554 he, with Cranmer and See also:Latimer, was sent to See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford to be examined
.
He defended himself against a number of divines, but was declared a heretic, and this was followed by his See also:excommunication
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He refused to recant, and in See also:October 1555 he was tried for See also:heresy under the new penal. See also:laws, being degraded and sentenced to See also:death
.
With Cranmer and Latimer he met his end at the stake in Oxford on the 16th of October 1555•
Ridley was a voluminous writer, but many of his writings have been lost
.
The See also:Works of See also:Nicholas Ridley D.D. were edited for the See also:Parker Society by the Rev
.
Henry See also:Christmas in 1841
.
His See also:Life was written by Dr See also:Gloucester Ridley in 1763, and there is a memoir of him in H
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C
.
G
.
Moule's edition of the bishops' See also:Declaration of the See also:Lord'3 Supper (189)
.
See also See also:John See also:Foxe's Acts and Monuments (new ed., 1877) ; J
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See also:Strype's Memorials of Cranmer (new ed., Oxford, 1840); G
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See also:Burnet's See also:History of the eformation (new ed., Oxford, 1865); J A
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See also:Froude's History of England (1881 fol.); and J
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See also:Lingard's History of England (1854–55)
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