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.

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.^[3]

On Maundy Thursday, 16 April 1556 Hullier was burned at the stake on Jesus Green, Cambridge for refusing to renounce the Protestant faith.^{[3] [4] [5]}

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 . . . 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. http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe340.htm Foxe's Book of Martyrs: 337: John Hullier
4. Thomas Bryce, "The Regester" in Edward Farr, ed., Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
5. Web site: Babraham village - history. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604120701/http://babraham-village.net/history.html. 2011-06-04.