Monument record 0421600000 - RUCKLES OR MARTYR FIELD

Summary

Possible spot where heretics were burned in the sixteenth century in Ruckles or Martyr Field

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Type and Period (1)

  • EXECUTION SITE (16th Century - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

STAKE AT AMERSHAM WHERE WILLIAM TYLSWORTH BURNT FOR HERESY 1506, ALSO JAMES MORDEN AND THOMAS BERNARD (B2).
NGR LOCATES FIELD IDENTIFIED 1861 (B3,B5), SPOT WHERE CORN DID NOT GROW DUG UP C19 WITH EQUIVOCAL RESULTS (B3).
FIELD LIES EAST OF STANLEY CLOSE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS SITE (B3).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1434 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 4216.
  • <2>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p147.
  • <3>SBC6923 Article in serial: W H Hastings Kelke. 1862. 'AMERSHAM', IN RECS OF BUCKS 2 PP333-353. Vol 2, No. 8. pp342-343.
  • <4>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p143.
  • <5>SBC11209 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 NE 34.

Location

Grid reference SU 96200 97400 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 12:00PM

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