Sir John Oldcastle

Sir John Oldcastle (c. 1370 - 1417), Lord Baron Cobham in the right of his wife, was an English Lollard leader who distinguished himself in arms under Henry IV in 1411, embraced Lollardism, which he could not be prevailed on to renounce, though remonstrated with by Henry V. He was tried for heresies and committed to the Tower, but escaped to Wales. He was charged with abetting insurrection on religious grounds, and convicted, his body was hung in chains as a traitor, and in this attitude, as a heretic, burned to death in 1417. He was a zealous disciple of Wiclif, and did much to disseminate his principles.

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