[19]. There is a small book, printed in black letter, containing an account of the treatment and trial of Anne Askew, which contains many curious particulars.—She was the daughter of Sir William Askew, of Kelsay, in the county of Lincoln, where she was born about 1520. She had a learned education, and while young was married to a person of the name of Kyme, much against her inclination. On account of some harsh treatment from her husband, she went to the Court of Henry the Eighth to sue for a separation, where she was greatly taken notice of by those ladies who were attached to the Reformation; in consequence of which, she was arrested, and having confessed her religious principles, was committed to Newgate. She was first racked with savage cruelty in the Tower, and then burnt in Smithfield, in 1546, in company with her tutor, and two other persons of the same faith. From her letters and other pieces in Fox and Strype, it appears she was an accomplished, as well as a pious, woman.
[20]. Burnet’s Reformation, vol. 1. p. 325; vol. 2. p. 382.
[21]. Collier’s Eccl. Hist. vol. 2. p. 591.—Murden’s State Papers, p. 9, 101.
[22]. Collier’s Eccl. Hist. vol. 2. p. 139.—Murden’s State Papers, p. 452.
[23]. Observations on Ancient Statutes, p. 496, note.
[24]. State Trials, vol. 1. p. 199.
[25]. Observations on Statutes, p. 495.
[26]. State Trials, vol. 1. p. 221.
[27]. Observations on Statutes, p. 92.
[28]. State Trials, vol. 3. p. 99.