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John Bradford — was an English Reformer , prebendary of St. Paul's , and martyr. He was burned at the stake on 1 July Bradford was born in the village of Blackley , near Manchester in He was educated at a grammar school. Talented with numbers and money, he later served under Sir John Harington of Exton in Rutland as a servant. Through his good influence and abilities in auditing and writing, he gained favour and trust with his employer and at the Siege of Montreuil in , occupied the office of paymaster of the English army during the wars of Henry VIII.

Later, he became a law student at the Inner Temple in London. Through the contact and preachings of a fellow student, he became acquainted with and converted to the Protestant faith. This caused him to abandon his legal studies and in , he took up theology at Catharine Hall now St Catharine's College , University of Cambridge. In he was awarded his MA and in that same year was appointed to a fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

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At this institution he was often referred to with the nickname "Holy Bradford" not from malice but out of respect for his dedication to God and his unselfish attitude. He began preaching in churches in London under the mentorship of Ridley and Hugh Latimer. He continued as a Fellow of Pembroke and as a roving preacher, mainly in London, Lancashire and Cheshire.

Following the death of Edward VI in , Mary I ascended to the throne restoring rights and protections to Catholics. In the first month of the new monarch's reign, Bradford was arrested and imprisoned on the charge of "subversion and trying to stir up a mob" and committed to the Tower of London. At the time "stirring up a mob" was a serious and dangerous act, leading to riot and possible death, and certainly major disturbance to society.