# Henry Filmer

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'''Henry Filmer''' (died 1543) was a 16th-century English Protestant martyr, one of the [Windsor Martyrs](/source/Windsor_Martyrs), during the reign of [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII_of_England).

Filmer was a Protestant tailor and [church warden](/source/church_warden) of [St John the Baptist Church, Windsor](/source/St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Windsor), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) who complained about the overly Catholic sermons of the vicar.<ref name=BRH8>{{cite book |title=Berkshire in the Reign of Henry VIII |last=Ford |first=David Nash |year=2009 |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |location=Wokingham |url=http://www.nashfordpublishing.co.uk}}</ref> He gained the support of the [Bishop of Salisbury](/source/John_Capon) much to the consternation of a former Catholic mayor of the town, [William Simonds](/source/William_Simonds_(politician)).<ref name=BRH8 /> His powerful friend, [Dr John London](/source/John_London_(priest)), who was [Bishop Gardiner](/source/Stephen_Gardiner)'s agent, arrested Filmer, along with four others,<ref name=BRH8 /> and, on 4 August 1543, he, [Robert Testwood](/source/Robert_Testwood) and [Anthony Pearson](/source/Anthony_Pearson_(martyr)) were burnt to death.<ref>p.172-176, ''Testwood and his companions'', [John Foxe](/source/John_Foxe), ''[Foxe's Book of Martyrs](/source/Foxe's_Book_of_Martyrs)'', 2000, [Ambassador Publications](/source/Ambassador_Publications)</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/articles/windsor_martyrs.html Royal Berkshire History: The Windsor Martyrs]

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Category:16th-century Protestant martyrs
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Category:People executed for heresy
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Category:Executed English people
Category:People executed by the Kingdom of England by burning
Category:16th-century English businesspeople
Category:Protestant martyrs of England

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