Agnes Ashford

Agnes Ashford (fl.15th. century) was a Christian evangelist.

In the 15th Century, Bishop Longland of Lincoln was investigating the activities of the Lollards.[1] His people were informed that Ashford had taught "part of the Sermon on the Mount" to James Morden.[2] Before six bishops, Ashford was warned not to teach these things, even to her own children.[2] Witnesses against her included her son Thomas Tredway, who testified that she had forbidden him to worship the images of saints (see idolatry, iconoclasm).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Peter Marshall, Alec Ryrie. The Beginnings of English Protestantism. p. 218.
  2. 1 2 The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom, 1 August 1980. Published by Jehovah's Witnesses.
  3. ↑ Josiah Pratt (1856). The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period. pp. 230–31.
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