Her father
was so pleased with her epistolary skills that he showed her letters to such luminaries as Reginald Pole
(who at first would not believe that this was really her work) and John Veysey
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February 1555: The law was changed to permit burning alive...
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February 1555
The law was changed to permit burning alive for heresy: during the rest of Mary I
's reign at least 274 persons were burned in England for their Protestant belief.
