John Foxe
(1516-1587)

Died aged c. 71

John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of Actes and Monuments (otherwise Foxe's Book of Martyrs), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Here stood the birthplace of John Foxe the martyrologist 1516-1587

The Stump and Candle, Boston, United Kingdom where they was born (1516)

Hereabouts stood the house of John Foxe 1516 - 1587 Renowned author of the Book Of Martyrs He baptised children here in 1564 and was father to Samuel Foxe of Warlies

2 Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom where they lived