Perth Martyrs
The
Perth Martyrs were six people executed in
Perth, Scotland, in 1543 for their
Protestant beliefs. The condemned people were
William Anderson,
James Finlayson,
James Hunter,
Robert Lamb,
James Raveleson and
Helen Stark. They were sentenced to death for their beliefs, after being convicted by the
Archbishop of St Andrews. Anderson, Finlayson, Hunter and Lamb were sentenced to be
hanged, Raveleson was to be burnt; and Helen Stark, "with her sucking infant," was to be put into a sack and drowned. Their story is recorded in ''
Foxe's Book of Martyrs'', in Calderwood's ''History of the Kirk of Scotland'' and in
James Anthony Froude's ''History of England''.
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