Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555)
Protestant scholar, Bishop, theologian and martyr.

Summary

• c1500 born in Tynedale, Northumberland
• 1525 received Masters degree from Cambridge & ordained
• Further education at the Sorbonne
• 1529 returned to Cambridge
• 1540 made Kings' Chaplain
• 1549 Bishop of Rochester
• 1550 Bishop of London
• Martyred 16 October 1555 in Oxford

Biography of Ridley by G W Bromiley
(Great Churchmen No 19 - Church Book Room Press)

• The Scholar
• The Bishops
• The Theologian
• The Martyr

Articles

• Talk by Gary Williams available on CD.

• Nicholas Ridley. Churchman article from 1954 by G. C. B. Davies