Anne Askew

Anne Askew (1521 - 16 July 1546) was an English member of the Reformed Church who was persecuted as a heretic. She is the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burned at the stake.

References

• Elaine V. Beilin, ed., The Examinations of Anne Askew (Oxford, 1996) ISBN 0195108493
• "Prisoners Tortured in the Tower of London". Accessed 29 June 2005.