Did you know that the family of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, originate from the County of Lincolnshire?
Cranmer's family lived among the fenland folk in the village of Sutterton in the middle of the 15th century. It was from Sutterton that Cranmer's great grandfather Edmund Cranmer made a advantageous marriage to an heiress of the Aslockton or Haslerton family of Aslockton in Nottinghamshire where Cramner was born.
Cranmer's family lived among the fenland folk in the village of Sutterton in the middle of the 15th century. It was from Sutterton that Cranmer's great grandfather Edmund Cranmer made a advantageous marriage to an heiress of the Aslockton or Haslerton family of Aslockton in Nottinghamshire where Cramner was born.
Thomas Cramner was the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer who died a martyr on the 21st March 1556.
Cranmer was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and his son Edward VI. When Catholic Mary, the daughter of Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon succeeded to the throne, he was burnt at the stake as a heretic.
Cranmer was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and his son Edward VI. When Catholic Mary, the daughter of Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon succeeded to the throne, he was burnt at the stake as a heretic.
Following a number of recantations, Thomas Cranmer withdrew his confession on the day of his execution, and in front of a large gathered crowd he placed his hand in the fire and said, according to a letter written by a Catholic witness
......."that unworthy hand" and his dying words were, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit... I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."
......."that unworthy hand" and his dying words were, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit... I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."
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