Lollards+Tower

=Lollards Tower= =c. 17th Century= == Constructed in the 15th century and probably originally a water tower, Lollard's Towerwas still used to imprison Protestants under the reign of Mary Queen I, called "Bloody Mary" for the several hundred Protestants who died at her hand. Instrumental in these deaths was Bishop Edmund Bonner, who was likewise called "Bloody Bonner." Protestans held in the tower were often chained and tortured, and later executed. The tower was derisively named for the Lollards, early Protestants who followed John Wycliffe and traveled around England as evangelist, preaching and reading the Scriptures to all who would hear God's Word.

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