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John Louth

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The Venerable John Louth (also Lowth and Lowthe) (d. 5 August 1590) was Archdeacon of Nottingham, England from 1565 to 1590.

He was the son of Edmund Louth of Sawtry, Huntingdonshire.

He was educated at Winchester College and converted to Protestantism when reading the Disputation of Purgatory by John Frith.

He was educated at New College, Oxford 1538-1543[1] and matriculated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1545.[2]

He was an eyewitness to the execution of Anne Askew in 1546.[3] His narrative of the events was sent to John Foxe for printing in his Reminiscences.[4]

He was appointed

He was buried in St Mary's Church, Nottingham.

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  1. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses. John Venn. Cambridge University Press. 2011
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lloyd-Lytton
  3. ^ The Examinations of Anne Askew. Oxford University Press. 1996
  4. ^ The Reminiscences of John Louth, Archdeacon of Nottingham in the Narratives of the Days of the Reformation. John Gough Nichols F.S.A. 1859