John Hullier Explained

John Hullier or Hulliarde, Huller or Hullyer, ( - 16 April 1556) was an English clergyman and a Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.

He was a chorister in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge^[1] before attending Eton College and then returning to King's College, Cambridge as an undergraduate.^[2] He became vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire in 1549 until he was deprived in February 1556.^[3]

For his preaching in King's Lynn he was taken to Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely, who sent him to Cambridge. Hullier was examined on Palm Sunday eve 28 March before a body of divines and lawyers headed by Nicholas Shaxton, at Great St Mary's, Cambridge.^[4]

On Maundy Thursday, 16 April 1556 Hullier was burned at the stake on Jesus Green, Cambridge for refusing to renounce the Protestant faith.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Book: King's College Chapel 1515-2015. XII:Chapel and Choir, Liturgy and Music, 1444-1644. 266. 2014. Harvey Miller Publishers. Roger Bowers . Jean Michel Massing . Nicolette Zeeman . 9781909400214.
2. https://archive.today/20130628034501/http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-130418.pl?sur=huller&suro=w&fir=john&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press
3. Web site: Clergy of Church of England database . 2013-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530110308/http://ccedb.cch.kcl.ac.uk/jsp/locations/index.jsp?locKey=853 . 2016-05-30 . dead .
4. http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe340.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 337: John Hullier
5. Thomas Bryce, "The Regester" in Edward Farr, ed., Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
6. Web site: Babraham village - history. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120701/http://babraham-village.net/history.html. 2011-06-04.