Christian heroes and martyrs . ed from the Tower and fled intoWales, where he lay safely concealed for some time. But being after-ward seized in Powisland, in North Wales, by Lord Powis, he wasbrought back to London. Sir John Oldcastle was of a very good family; he had been sheriffof Hertfordshire under Henry IV., and summoned to parliament amongthe barons of the realm in that reign. He had also been sent beyondthe sea, with the earl of Arundel, to assist the duke of Burgundyagainst the French. But in spite of his rank and his former friend-ship with the king, Oldcastle was condemned to the dr
Christian heroes and martyrs . ed from the Tower and fled intoWales, where he lay safely concealed for some time. But being after-ward seized in Powisland, in North Wales, by Lord Powis, he wasbrought back to London. Sir John Oldcastle was of a very good family; he had been sheriffof Hertfordshire under Henry IV., and summoned to parliament amongthe barons of the realm in that reign. He had also been sent beyondthe sea, with the earl of Arundel, to assist the duke of Burgundyagainst the French. But in spite of his rank and his former friend-ship with the king, Oldcastle was condemned to the dreadful fate ofbeing hung alive in chains, and slowly burned by a fire kindled beneathhis feet. This barbarous sentence was carried out in the latter part of theyear 1417,—such being the terrible end of a man who, although hisservices to his country had been great, had yet dared to defy theauthority of his king. With the death of Sir John Oldcastle, and theexecution of thirty-nine of the principal Lollards in the kingdom, the. EXECUTION OP SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE. 332 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. political activity of the party came to an end; while steady persecu-tion by the bishops crushed its power as a religious movement, andfor a long time the nation remained apparently at rest, and so far asreligion was concerned, under the dominion of Rome. For more than one hundred years no further effort was madetoward Bible translation in England. CHAPTER DURING THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. A Brief Outline of History. The state of the church and of religion in England was so power-fully affected by the actions of Henry VIII. and his ministers, that abrief outline of his reign will be given before taking up the historyof the events themselves. By this arrangement a clearer idea can beobtained of the character of the changes that were made, and thecauses which led to them. King Henry VIII. was the second son of Henry VII., and waseighteen years of age when he took the throne, in
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