John Oldcastle
John Oldcastle (?-1417) was a nobleman of great abilities, and an eminent disciple of Wycliffe, the first Reformer, who was persecuted by the popish clergy for his zealous and steady profession of the gospel doctrines of the reformation. He was crowned with martyrdom in St. Gile’s-Fields, near London, where he was hung up in chains upon a gallows, and fire being put under him, was burnt, in the year of Christ 1417.
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The Life And Testimony Of John Oldcastle
Sir John Oldcastle was born in the reign of Edward III. He obtained his peerage by marrying the heiress of that Lord Cobham, who with so much virtue and patriotism opposed the tyranny of Richard II. He was much esteemed by King Henry IV but that which made him truly noble was, that God was pleased in those dark times, to reveal the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ to him, of which he became a zealous professor, and a valiant defender, especially of the godly ministers who were our first reformer Wycliffe's disciples, whom he protected against the rage of the persecuting clergy, who bore the greatest sway in those popish times. This occasioned him to become the butt of their envy and…
