The Perth Martyrs were six people executed in

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, Scotland, in 1543 for their

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beliefs. The condemned people were William Anderson, James Finlayson, James Hunter, Robert Lamb, James Raveleson and

Helen Stark The Perth Martyrs were six people executed in Perth, Scotland, in 1543 for their Protestant beliefs. The condemned people were William Anderson, James Finlayson, James Hunter, Robert Lamb, James Raveleson and Helen Stark. They were sentenced to d ...

. They were sentenced to death for their beliefs, after being convicted by the

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. Anderson, Finlayson, Hunter and Lamb were sentenced to be

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, Raveleson was to be burnt; and Helen Stark, "with her sucking infant," was to be put into a sack and drowned. Their story is recorded in '' Foxe's Book of Martyrs'', in Calderwood's ''History of the Kirk of Scotland'' and in

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's ''History of England''.

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1543 deaths 16th-century Protestant martyrs People executed for heresy People from Perth, Scotland Groups of Christian martyrs of the Early Modern era Year of birth unknown Protestant martyrs of Scotland {{Scotland-bio-stub

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