The Maidstone Martyrs - Fairmeadow, Maidstone, UK
N 51° 16.384 E 000° 31.119
31U E 326920 N 5683116
A plaque on Drakes public house advises that "seven persons were burnt" near here.
Waymark Code: WMR6YH
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/19/2016
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The event took place on 18th June, 1557 when seven people, two mwn and five womwn, were burnt for their belief. The plaque, on the wall of the Drake public house, is inscribed:
Seven person were burnt
In
1557
near this
spot
for thir Faith
The seven were:
- Joan (or Jone) Bradbridge
- Walter Appleby
- Petronil Appleby
- Edmund Allin (or Allen)
- Katherine Allin (or Allen)
- Joan (or Jone) Manning
- Elizabeth (surname possibly 'Lewis')