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Dimensions7360 x 4253
Original file size2.4 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date taken14-Feb-15 16:47
Date modified15-Feb-15 11:00
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D800E
Focal length32 mm
Focal length (35mm)32 mm
Max lens aperturef/2.8
Exposure1/200 at f/2.8
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
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ISO speedISO 640
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The Oxford Martyrs were tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake here for their religious beliefs.  The three martyrs were the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer.

The Oxford Martyrs were tried for heresy in 1555 and burnt at the stake here for their religious beliefs. The three martyrs were the Anglican bishops Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer.

The three were tried at University Church of St Mary the Virgin, the official church of the University of Oxford on the High Street. The martyrs were imprisoned at the former Bocardo Prison near the still extant St Michael at the Northgate church (at the north gate of the city walls) in Cornmarket Street. The door of their cell is on display in the tower of the church.
The martyrs were burnt at the stake just outside the city walls to the north, where Broad Street is now located. Latimer and Ridley were burnt on 16 October 1555. Cranmer was burnt five months later on 21 March 1556.
A small area cobbled with stones forming a cross in the centre of the road outside the front of Balliol College marks the site. The Victorian spire-like Martyrs' Memorial, at the south end of St Giles' nearby, commemorates the events. It is claimed that the scorch marks from the flames can still be seen on the doors of Balliol College (now rehung between the Front Quadrangle and Garden Quadrangle). [1]