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Karen
July 16, 2014
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Anne Askew Burned in Smithfield

Karen
July 16, 2014
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July 16, 1546: On this day Anne Askew was burned at the stake in Smithfield, London's meat market district. She had been tortured in the Tower of London but refused to recant her religious beliefs. She is the only woman known to have been tortured in the Tower and then burned at the stake.

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