Portrait of Nicholas Ridley

Book Title: The holy state / by Thomas Fuller, B.D. and Prebendary of Sarum

Author: Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661

Image Title: Portrait of Nicholas Ridley

Description: Portrait of Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500-1555), bishop of London. His Protestant beliefs and his support for the crowning of Lady Jane Grey led to his execution under Queen Mary I’s reign. Burned at the stake, he was later honored as a Protestant martyr. The name of the engraver, William Marshall (d. 1649), appears at the bottom right.

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