[marsh2]

My ancestor, Thomas Cranmer, was among those burned at the stake by Bloody Mary as a heretic. He was the first Archbishop of Canterbury. His wife was Margaret Osiander, daughter of Andreas Osiander one of the leaders of the German Reformation. Thomas Cranmer hired Myles Coverdale to publish the “Great Bible,” the first English Bible authorized for public use. It was distributed to every church, chained to the pulpit, and a reader was even provided so that the illiterate could hear the Word of God in plain English.

His great grandson settled in York Maine in 1633. Ah yes, there were radicals in my woodpile.

[RnMomof7]

You have much to live up to .

[irishjuggler]

My ancestor, Thomas Cranmer, was among those burned at the stake by Bloody Mary as a heretic. He was the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

Uh, no. Cranmer was the 69th Archbishop of Canterbury. Maybe you meant that he was the first Archbishop of Canterbury to lead the so-called Church of England?

[Tennessee Nana]

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