Adam Damlip, also known as George Bucker (executed 1540s), was an English Protestant martyr during the reign of

Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

. After a visit to Rome, he became disillusioned with the

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and in

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...

, which was then ruled by England, he was converted to some Protestant doctrines. He began to preach in Calais, but attracted enemies and was committed to Marshalsea Prison, London, where he met the Protestant

John Marbeck John Marbeck, Merbeck or Merbecke () was an English choral composer and theological writer whose musical setting of the early Anglican liturgy standardised the sung Anglican service until the late 20th century. He is also known today for his ...

. He was later returned to Calais, but due to a general pardon he could not be executed for heresy. Although he was condemned on the scaffold as ''a sower of seditious doctrine'', he was executed as ''a traitor against the king'' because he had accepted a coin from

Cardinal Pole Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and the last Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation. Early life Pole was born a ...

for his travel expenses. He was

hanged, drawn and quartered To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under Edward III of England, King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the rei ...

in Calais; the site is still visible today.''Martyrdom of Adam Damlip'',

John Foxe John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of '' Actes and Monuments'' (otherwise ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the su ...

, '' Foxe's Book of Martyrs'', 2000, Ambassador Publications, p.176-182

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16th-century Protestant martyrs People executed under the Tudors for treason against England People executed by Tudor England by hanging, drawing and quartering 16th-century English people Executed English people Year of birth unknown People executed under Henry VIII 1540s deaths Protestant martyrs of England {{England-reli-bio-stub