Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London

(1502-1555)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555 DNB: Ridley, Nicholas (c.1502-1555), bishop of London and protestant martyr LBT ID: NiRidle1555 VIAF ID: 19716290 LOC ID: n84134125	B/BAP: 1502 DIED: 1555-10-16
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Protestant martyr during the reign of Queen Mary; he figures prominently in John Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563). He was bishop of Rochester (1547) and bishop of London (1550).
REFERENCES TO Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 16 March 1793 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 4 April 1798 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) An Account of Christ’s Hospital. Found 1: ¶ 44 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. I. 1791-93 Ch. V. 1797