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Poet and Protestant Preacher

born c.1521- executed July 16, 1546 by order of King Henry VIII
Character's backstory: Anne was the daughter of a Gentleman at court and is unlikely to have ever been a maid of honor to Queen Catherine Parr, as some accounts claim. Anne married in 1536. Katherine did not become queen until 1543. Anne’s husband, Thomas Kyme of Friskney, had been betrothed to Anne’s sister, Martha. After Martha’s death, the younger sister was substituted for the older one. After giving birth to two children, Anne’s Zwinglian convictions led to disputes with the clergymen of Lincoln and eventually to her eviction from Kyme’s house in December, 1544. Anne borrowed money from one of her brothers and set out for London with a maidservant. She was arrested there for heresy but acquitted in June, 1545. Arrested a second time in 1546, she was tortured and finally burnt at the stake. Anne Askew is the only woman on record to have been tortured in the tower, after being taken there in 1546 on a charge of heresy. Sir Anthony Kingston (son of Sir William Kingston), the Constable of the Tower of London, was ordered to torture Anne in an attempt to force her to name other Protestants and in so doing implicate Catherine Parr, the Queen consort. Anne declined to name anyone at all, so she was asked to remove all her clothing except her shift, which she did. Anne then climbed onto the rack and lay quite still as she was spreadeagled and her wrists and ankles fastened. Again, she was asked for names, but she would say nothing. The wheel of the rack was turned, pulling Anne along the device and lifting her so that she was held taut about 5 inches above its bed and slowly stretched. In her own account written from prison, Anne said that she fainted with the pain. It was then that she was lowered and revived. This procedure was repeated twice more before the Lieutenant of the Tower stopped it. Kingston was so impressed with the way Anne behaved that he refused to carry on torturing her, left the Tower, and sought a meeting with the King at his earliest convenience to explain his position and also to seek his pardon. Henry VIII pardoned Kingston but did not put an end to the torture. Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor Richard Rich and Lord Thomas Wriothesley took over.

Anne Askew was carried to execution in a chair as she could not walk after her torture. She was dragged from the chair to the stake which had a small seat attached to it, which she sat astride. Those who witnessed her execution were impressed by her bravery, and many witnesses reported that throughout the long execution she did not scream until the flames reached her chest whereas the 3 men burned with her cried out from the first touch of the fire.


Gentility: From a notable Lincolnshire family.
"...born of such stock and kindred that she might have lived in great wealth and prosperity, if she would rather have followed the world than Christ" John Foxe

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Then they did put me on the rack, because I confessed no ladies or gentlemen, to be of my opinion... the Lord Chancellor and Master Rich took pains to rack me with their own hands, till I was nearly dead. I fainted... and then they recovered me again. After that I sat two long hours arguing with the Lord Chancellor, upon the bare floor... With many flattering words, he tried to persuade me to leave my opinion... I said that I would rather die than break my faith

-Anne Askew's testimony concerning the involvement of Richard Rich in her torture


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On 28 April 1539 Parliament met for the first time in three years. On 5 May, the House of Lords created a committee with the customary religious balance to examine and determine doctrine. Eleven days later, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (head of the Catholic Faction) noted that the committee had not agreed on anything and proposed that the Lords examine six doctrinal questions which eventually became the basis of the Six Articles. The articles reaffirmed traditional Catholic doctrine on key issues:


  1. transubstantiation,
  2. the reasonableness of withholding of the cup from the laity during communion,
  3. clerical celibacy,
  4. observance of vows of chastity,
  5. permission for private masses,
  6. the importance of auricular confession
The Six Articles was referred to as "the bloody whip with six strings" by many protestants. It remained Henry's policy toward reforms until his death. It was under the basis of this law particularly transubstantiation that Anne Askew was convicted of Heresy.


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Father : William Askew (also spelled Ascough) - a gentleman at court who lived from 1490 to 1541. He was one of the jurors in the trial of Anne Boleyn.He was described as 'welcome guest' in Princess Mary Tudor's household indicating that he was a religious conservative (Catholic). He is said to have physically forced his daughter, Anne Askew, to marry Thomas Kyme. He died in 1541, five years before his daughter's execution.
Mother: Elizabeth Wrottesley
Sister : Martha - who died before her wedding and Anne was forced to take her place and marry her betrothed.




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