Bradford, John (c. 1510–1555)

English Protestant preacher and martyr. He became chaplain to Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London, in 1550, prebendary of St Paul's in 1551, and royal chaplain to Edward VI in 1553. His preaching won praise from the Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox. Tried before the Catholics Stephen Gardiner and Edmund Bonner (c.1500–1569), he was burned at Smithfield, London, during the persecution of Protestants under Mary I.