11 Facts About Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer attended the University of Cambridge from the age of 14, where according to the Alumni Cantabrigienses he was a pupil of John Watson and probably a scholar of Peterhouse.

In 1522, Hugh Latimer was nominated to the positions of university preacher and university chaplain.

Up to this time, Hugh Latimer described himself as "obstinate a papist as any was in England".

Hugh Latimer joined a group of reformers including Bilney and Robert Barnes that met regularly at the White Horse Tavern.

Hugh Latimer began to preach publicly on the need for the translation of the Bible into English.

In early 1528, Hugh Latimer was called before Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and he was given an admonition and a warning.

In contrast, Hugh Latimer's reputation was in the ascendant as he took the lead among the reformers in Cambridge.

Hugh Latimer then served as chaplain to Katherine Duchess of Suffolk.

Hugh Latimer argued that the doctrines of the corporeal real presence of Christ in the mass, transubstantiation, and the propitiatory merit of the mass were unbiblical.

Hugh Latimer believed that the welfare of souls demanded he stand for the Protestant understanding of the gospel.

Hugh Latimer was burned at the stake along with Nicholas Ridley.