FOXE

JOHN, >. 1516, d. 1587; was by the a fellow of tat or of the children } latter b of the Earl of,a student of theology, | These Ic and keenly interested in the Reformation | as an o movement. He met the leading reformers | rights w in Germany while in exile during Mary’s|and in On his return, under Queen | capital he held various positions in the | was erc Vhurch, withont obtaining any notable | reign m preferment. He wrote many treatises | more to = sermons of a controversial nature,| son anc his name is indi olubly connected and his with bis famous “ Book of Martyrs,”’! a a in lacks nothing to give it a morbid, FR t, but is neverthele a notable | 1182, le of ae re eee: He | order uried St. Gilcs’s, pplegate, = = a. ERS, [s. 148]