Henry Filmer
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Henry Filmer (died 1543) was a 16th-century English Protestant martyr, one of the Windsor Martyrs, during the reign of Henry VIII.
Filmer was a Protestant tailor and church warden of St John the Baptist Church, Windsor, Berkshire who complained about the overly Catholic sermons of the vicar.{{cite book |title=Berkshire in the Reign of Henry VIII |last=Ford |first=David Nash |year=2009 |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |location=Wokingham |url=http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk}} He gained the support of the Bishop of Salisbury much to the consternation of a former Catholic mayor of the town, William Simonds. His powerful friend, Dr John London, who was Bishop Gardiner's agent, arrested Filmer, along with four others, and, on 4 August 1543, he, Robert Testwood and Anthony Pearson were burnt to death.p.172-176, Testwood and his companions, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 2000, Ambassador Publications
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External links
- [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/articles/windsor_martyrs.html Royal Berkshire History: The Windsor Martyrs]
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Category:16th-century Protestant martyrs
Category:People executed under Henry VIII
Category:People executed for heresy
Category:Executed British people
Category:People from Windsor, Berkshire
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Executed English people
Category:People executed by the Kingdom of England by burning
Category:16th-century English businesspeople
Category:Protestant martyrs of England
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