Comments on: 1546: Anne Askew, the only woman tortured in the Tower http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/07/16/1546-anne-askew-protestant-martyr-torture-the-tower/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lorraine Courtenay http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/07/16/1546-anne-askew-protestant-martyr-torture-the-tower/#comment-11772 Lorraine Courtenay Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:52 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4377#comment-11772 We believe that Lady Anne Askew is a relative, as my grandfather's family came from Lincolnshire. Her story has always fascinated me, so much so that I investigated her story by going to the Guild Hall in London and reading 16th century written accounts of her story. I truly wish though she had thought more of her life and not died such an unnecessary and agonising death - but then by speaking out and keeping to your beliefs it has made our society so more open today. We believe that Lady Anne Askew is a relative, as my grandfather’s family came from Lincolnshire.

Her story has always fascinated me, so much so that I investigated her story by going to the Guild Hall in London and reading 16th century written accounts of her story. I truly wish though she had thought more of her life and not died such an unnecessary and agonising death - but then by speaking out and keeping to your beliefs it has made our society so more open today.

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