Execution of Cicely Ormes
The execution of Cicely Ormes took place in September 1558 at Lollard's Pit in Norwich, England. Ormes, a Protestant, was accused of heresy after she showed public support of Elizabeth Cooper and Simon Miller, two other Protestants accused of the same crime, during their own executions. Notably, Ormes was offered the possibility of staying quiet about her beliefs in return for her life, which she refused. She was sentenced to death under laws against heresy instituted by the third Parliament of Mary I, and as such was a victim of the Marian persecution. Ormes was the second of only two residents of Norwich to be burned at the stake as part of this persecution, the other being Cooper. The story of her execution is told in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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