Richard Woodman (martyr)

For other people named Richard Woodman, see Richard Woodman (disambiguation).

Woodman from Warbleton (and nine others) were burnt in Lewes.

Richard Woodman (1524? – 22 June 1557) was a Protestant martyr, who was born in Buxted and lived in nearby Warbleton in East Sussex. He was burnt during the Marian Persecutions in 1557 in Lewes. The cult of the Sussex Martyrs is said to have been started using an etching by James Henry Hurdis of Woodman burning as a Protestant martyr.[1][2]

  1. ^ Christopher Whittick, ‘Hurdis, James Henry (1800–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 6 Nov 2009
  2. ^ "Hurdis, James Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.