Lady Tyrwhit's fervent Protestantism was, at this date, a highly politicized position. She and her group of court ladies were hounded by highly-placed religious traditionalists, enemies of Katherine Parr
, since the queen was well...
Violence
Anne Askew
She was interrogated by Bonner and tortured by the Lord Chancellor, Thomas Wriothesley, later Earl of Southampton
, and Richard Rich
with their owne handes.
Askew, Anne. The Examinations of Anne Askew. Editor Beilin, Elaine V., Oxford University Press, 1996.
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She was badgered for information about several ladies suspected...