Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

'The Bishops who suffer'd Martyrdom for the Protestant Faith; under the Persecution of Queen Mary I' NPG D34237

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and sold by Robert White, printed and sold by John King

As one of Thomas Cranmer's chaplains Ridley began to reject some Roman Catholic doctrines. He became Bishop of Rochester in 1547 and Bishop of London in 1550 and he committed himself to the reform of religion. In an attempt to ensure a Protestant succession, following the death of Edward VI, he denounced Mary I and Princess Princess Elizabeth as illegitimate, and supported Lady Jane Grey. On Mary's accession he was sent to the Tower, declared a heretic and burnt at... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.