Robert Glover
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Robert Glover was an English
Protestant martyr who was burnt at Coventry in September 1555.
Glover was born at Mancetter, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton College
and King's College, Cambridge
. Under Henry VIII he became attracted to protestant views. He gained in BA in 1538, MA in 1541, and was a fellow until 1543. He married a niece of Hugh Latimer
.
He was burnt to death at Coventry
for heresy on the 20th of September, 1555.. He had been arrested earlier that year.
Glover is among twelve such martyrs from the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I commemorated on a memorial in the city, who are known collectively as The Coventry Martyrs
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English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
Protestant martyr who was burnt at Coventry in September 1555.
Glover was born at Mancetter, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
. Under Henry VIII he became attracted to protestant views. He gained in BA in 1538, MA in 1541, and was a fellow until 1543. He married a niece of Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Bishop of Worcester before the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555, under Queen Mary, he was burnt at the stake, becoming one of the three Oxford Martyrs of Anglicanism.-Life:Latimer was born into a...
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He was burnt to death at Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
for heresy on the 20th of September, 1555.. He had been arrested earlier that year.
Glover is among twelve such martyrs from the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I commemorated on a memorial in the city, who are known collectively as The Coventry Martyrs
The Coventry Martyrs
The Coventry Martyrs were a disparate group of Protestant Christians executed in the city between 1512 – 1522 and in 1555...
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