John Launder

{{short description|English Protestant martyr}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person | name = John Launder | birth_date = 1530 | death_date = 1555 }} thumb|The Launder Memorial in Steyning '''John Launder''' (1530–1555) was an English Protestant martyr. He was executed in 1555 during a period of religious persecutions in England.<ref>[http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxe302.htm DIRICK CARVER AND JOHN LAUNDER], Foxe's Book of Martyrs, exclassics.com, retrieved 12 November 2009</ref>

Launder was a husbandman of the parish of Godstone. He was seized with Dirick Carver.

There is a memorial to John Launder in Steyning where he was martyred. The memorial is pictured on the website of Steyning Museum;<ref name=TheSteyningMartyr>{{Citation |url=https://steyningmuseum.org.uk/wp/steyning-museum/history-2/john-launder/ |website=steyningmuseum.org.uk |title=John Launder; The Steyning Martyr}}</ref> The event of his martyring has been described as "one of the darkest days in Steyning's 1200 year history."<ref name=TheSteyningMartyr/>

==See also== * Dirick Carver * History of Christianity in Sussex * Lewes Martyrs

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