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John Roy Hooper (also Johan Hoper; c. 1495 – 9 February 1555) was an English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, later of Worcester and Gloucester, a Protestant reformer and a Protestant martyr.
Bishop John Hooper ( 1495-1555) Born in Somerset in 1495 John Hooper. studied at Merton College, Oxford in 1515 and was tutored there by his. uncle, also John Hooper, and gained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1518. For some years after he joined with the Cistercian monks but eventually.
Dr Hooper executed the office of a most careful and vigilant pastor, for the space of two years and more, as long as the state of religion in King Edward's time was sound and flourishing.
The Burning of John Hooper, from Foxe 's Book of Martyrs. Hooper was the first of the bishops to suffer because his Zwinglian views placed him further beyond the pale than Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer. He represented the extreme reforming party in England.
Feb 9, 2018 · On this day in 1555, passionate Puritan and English Reformer John Hooper was burned at the stake for heresy. He faced his death with courage, refusing to recant his views.
Jan 1, 2024 · John Hooper (1495-1555) was a Protestant Reformer whose opposition to the Church at Rome resulted in his martyrdom.
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John Hooper was born in 1495 and died in 1555. He first saw the light in the reign of Henry the Seventh, and was burned in the reign of Queen Mary. He lived through the whole reigns of Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth, and was an eyewitness of all that took place under the government of those two kings.
