Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer
Oxford, England
On a plaque near this site reads the following inscription: “Opposite this point near the cross in the middle of Broad Street, Hugh Latimer, one-time Bishop of Worcester, Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Thomas Cranmer, Arch Bishop of Canterbury, were burnt for their faith in 1555 & 1556.” These men stood for truth together; were imprisoned together; were martyred together and bound to the same stake. While bound to the chain with Ridley, Latimer cried out, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day, by God’s grace, light such a candle in England as I trust shall never be put out.”