A detailed description of the event is in
John Foxe's book,
The Acts and Monuments. Foxe lists those executed: Henry Adlington, a
sawyer of
Grinstead, Laurence Pernam, a
smith of
Hoddesdon, Henry Wye, a
brewer of
Stanford-le-Hope, William Halliwel, a smith of
Waltham Holy Cross, Thomas Bowyer, a weaver of
Great Dunmow, George Searles, a tailor of
White Notley, Edmund Hurst, a labourer of
Colchester, Lyon Cawch, a
Flemish merchant of the
City of London, Ralph Jackson, a servant of
Chipping Ongar, John Derifall, a labourer of
Rettendon, John Routh, a labourer of
Wix, Elizabeth Pepper of Colchester who was pregnant, and Agnes George of
West Bergholt. A further three men, Thomas Freeman, William Stannard, and William Adams, were given a dispensation by
Cardinal Pole, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, because they had recanted although Foxe is dubious about that. ==Execution==