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Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Four prisoners sit in stocks in a prison cell in Lollards Tower. The prisoner farthest left in the image, identified as "George King," sits on a stool with both of his hands and feet in the stocks. The man directly to King's right is standing with only his hands in the stocks and is identified a... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: John Philpot and Thomas Whytell sit in the Colehouse Prison in St. Paul's Cathedral. Philpot is seated at the right side of the image and is holding a book, presumably the Bible, in his left hand. Thomas Whytell sits in the stocks and is chained to the wall by the neck. A third figure stands be... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “A Picture describing the manner and place of them which were in bonds for the Testimony of the truth, conferring among themselves.” Robert Smith [“R. Smith”] sits at a table in a prison cell and converses with six other prisoners; he has an open book (presumably a Bible) in front of him. Two o... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Thomas Bilney rests his left hand on an open book, presumably the Bible, that is on the table in front of him and puts a finger of his right hand in the flame of a long candle, possibly to prepare himself for martyrdom the next day. He is surrounded by a group of soldiers and the scene appears t... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: “A description of [the] Lollards Tower, where Mr. Richard Hunne was murthered [murdered].” Richard Hunne (Hun), a merchant-tailor who resided in London, hangs in the corner of the prison cell in Lollards Tower in St. Paul's Cathedral while the three men allegedly responsible for Hunne's death ex... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: "A true description of the racking and cruell [cruel] handling of Cutbert [Cuthbert] Symson [Simson] in the Tower." The illustration depicts three separate scenes. Center: “Cutbert Simson upon ye [the] rack”; upper left:“The description how Cutbert Simson stood in an engine of Iron 3 houres [ho... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Simson lies in anguish on the rack ("Cutbert Simson upon the racke." ["Cuthbert Simpson upon the rack"]). Under the direction of a priest and two richly dressed figures, two workers operate the device. Stairs ascend upward at the left of the image. In an upper right insert, Simson stands handcuff... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Seated at the left, John Philpot holds a book, which symbolizes a Bible, in his right hand. Thomas Whytell sits in the stocks and is chained to the wall at the neck. A third figure stands between Philpot and Whytell. A richly dressed priest or jailor stands, with a dog, at the right side of the i... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: Leading a prison Bible study, Smith sits on a stool and places his right hand on an open Bible. A man behind Smith folds his hands in prayer, while Smith instructs four others who share the cell with him. Among his audience, one holds an open Bible and one carries a Bible in his left hand. A fift... -
Contributing Institution: Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library and Ohio State University Libraries Description: A jailor lurks in the shadows of this prison scene, behind an open door. Four martyrs sit in stocks. The prisoners are "T. Leyes" [T[homas] Leyes]; "Androws" ["Andrews"]; "Ri. Smith." ["Ri[chard] Smith"]; and "Tho. King." ["Tho[mas] King"]. The identities of these martyrs caused Foxe a considerab...