Bow

They're not around in the household, but they would have been everywhere and they would have been sold on every street corner, in every pub, in every shop.

So Bryant and May are mr brian and mr may um were two blokes who were originally grocers and they tried various things to make their fortune and eventually they hit on the idea of match production because it was super cheap and they bought some factories and converted them into match production so a match woman or a match girl were um People in particular, they called themselves that, who worked in this big factory complex in Bow in the East End of London and went in there and did a variety of jobs within the factory.

The thing they had in common was they were all pretty horrible.

But they...

But all the women in her workshop lay down their tools.

pick up their hats, pick up their coats, and they follow her out the door.

And they stream out onto the Fairfield Road and Bow Road.

And you can imagine the managers behind going, come back, where the hell do you think you're going? And it's a huge factory site.

These six martyrs and witnesses of the truth were consigned to the flames in Canterbury at the end of August 1555.

Elizabeth Warne, widow of John Warne, upholsterer, martyr, was burnt at Stratford-le-Bow, near London, at the end of August 1555.

George Tankerfield of London, cook, born at York, aged 27, in the reign of Edward VI, had been a papist, but the cruelty of Bloody Mary made him suspect the truth of those doctrines which were enforced by fire and torture.

Tankerfield was imprisoned in Newgate about the end of February 1555, and on August 26th, at St. Albans, he braved the excruciating fire and joyfully died for the glory of his Redeemer.

Inoffensive objects like these were informed against by some of the sons of bigotry, and dragged before the prelatical shark of London, where they underwent examination, and replied to the articles propounded to them, as other Christian martyrs had done before.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant, and upon refusal, were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr, while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.

Full well she sang the service divine, Intuned in her nose full seemly.

In French she spake full fair and fetisly, After the school of Stratford-at-Bow, For French of Paris was to her unknow.

At mesa was she well ytaught withal.

She let no morsel from her lippes fall, Nor wet her fingers in her sauce deep.

Steer these persons all of Kent were examined at the same time with Mr.

Bland and Shetterden by Thornton Bishop of Dover Dr. Harpsfield and others these six martyrs and witnesses of the truth were consigned to the flames in Canterbury at the end of August 1555 Elizabeth Warne, widow of John Warne, upholsterer, martyr, was burnt at Stratford-le-Bow, near London, at the end of August 1555.

George Tankerfield of London, cook, born at York, aged twenty-seven, in the reign of Edward VI, had been a papist, but the cruelty of Bloody Mary made him suspect the truth of those doctrines which were enforced by fire and torture.

Tankerfield was imprisoned in Newgate about the end of February 1555, and on August 26th at St. Albans he braved the excruciating fire and joyfully died for the glory of his Redeemer.

Inoffensive objects like these were informed against by some of the sons of bigotry, and dragged before the prelatical shark of London, where they underwent examination, and replied to the articles propounded to them, as other Christian martyrs had done before.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant, and upon refusal, were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr, while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.

These six martyrs and witnesses of the truth were consigned to the flames in Canterbury at the end of August 1555.

Elizabeth Warne, widow of John Warne, upholsterer, martyr, was burnt at Stratford-le-Bow near London at the end of August 1555.

George Tankerfield of London, cook, born at York aged 27, in the reign of Edward VI had been a papist, but the cruelty of Bloody Mary made him suspect the truth of those doctrines which were enforced by fire and torture.

Tankerfield was imprisoned in Newgate about the end of February 1555, and on August 26th at St. Albans he braved the excruciating fire and joyfully died for the glory of his Redeemer.

Inoffensive objects like these were informed against by some of the sons of bigotry and dragged before the prelatical shark of London, where they underwent examination and replied to the articles propounded to them, as other Christian martyrs had done before.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant, and upon refusal were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15th, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr, while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.

[upbeat music] Welcome to the Proper British History Podcast.

Today, we trace the 1888 Matchgirls Strike in Bow, London, a factory rebellion that sparked a new chapter for women's labor rights and changed Britain forever.

The summer of 1888 in Bow, London, was less a story of sunshine than of fumes.

Inside Bryant & May's cramped cellars, the young match girls toiled for sixteen hours a day, breathing white phosphorus dust into their mouths.

By the end of each shift, wages were chipped away with punitive fines, little deductions that turned an already meager take-home into even less than half what the girls could afford to live on.

The strike began as a fight for that single job but grew into something larger when Annie Besant stepped onto the front line.

A socialist, her voice amplified through the National Secular Society and the press.

Besant's speeches in Bow's crowded streets, alongside tear-stained pamphlets that described the silent terror of phossy jaw, turned public outrage into organized pressure on Bryant & May.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant, and upon refusal, were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr, while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.

He will heal us both shortly, thee of thy blindness and me of my lameness.

End of Chapter 16 Part 6 Chapter 16 Part 7 of Fox's Book of Martyrs Volume 2 This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org Fox's Book of Martyrs Volume 2 by John Fox Edited by William Byron Forbush Chapter 16 Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary Part 7 Executions at Stratford-le-Bow At this sacrifice, which we are about to detail, no less than thirteen were doomed to the fire.

Each one refusing to subscribe contrary to conscience, they were condemned, and the 27th of June 1556 was appointed for their execution at Stratford-le-Bow.

Full well she sang the service divine, And tuned in her nose full seemly.

In French she spake full fair and fetisly, After the school of Stratford-at-Bow.

For French of Paris was to her unknown.

At meta was she well yetaught withal.

These six martyrs and witnesses of the truth were consigned to the flames in Canterbury at the end of August, 1555.

Elizabeth Warne, widow of John Warne, upholsterer, martyr, was burnt at Stratford-le-Bow, near London, at the end of August, 1555.

George Tankerfield of London, cook, born at York, aged 27, in the reign of Edward VI, had been a papist, but the cruelty of Bloody Mary made him suspect the truth of those doctrines which were enforced by fire and torture.

Tankerfield was imprisoned in Newgate about the end of February, 1555, and on August 26th, at St. Albans, he braved the excruciating fire and joyfully died for the glory of his Redeemer.

Inoffensive objects like these were informed against by some of the sons of bigotry and dragged before the prelatical shark of London, where they underwent examination and reply to the articles propounded to them, as other Christian martyrs had done before.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant and upon refusal were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15th, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.

These six martyrs and witnesses of the truth were consigned to the flames in Canterbury at the end of August, 1555.

Elizabeth Warren, widow of John Warren, upholsterer, martyr, was burnt at Stratford-le-Bow, near London, at the end of August, 1555.

George Tankerfield of London, cook, born at York, aged 27, in the reign of Edward VI, had been a papist, but the cruelty of Bloody Mary made him suspect the truth of those doctrines which were enforced by fire and torture.

Tankerfield was imprisoned in Newgate about the end of February, 1555, and on August 26th, at St. Albans, he braved the excruciating fire and joyfully died for the glory of his Redeemer.

Inoffensive objects like these were informed against by some of the sons of bigotry, and dragged before the prelatical shark of London, where they underwent examination, and replied to the articles propounded to them, as other Christian martyrs had done before.

On the ninth day of May, in the consistory of St. Paul's, they were entreated to recant, and upon refusal, were sent to Fulham, where Bonner, by way of a dessert after dinner, condemned them to the agonies of the fire.

Being consigned to the secular officers, May 15, 1556, they were taken in a cart from Newgate to Stratford-le-Bow, where they were fastened to the stake.

When Hugh Laverick was secured by the chain, having no further occasion for his crutch, he threw it away, saying to his fellow martyr, while consoling him, Be of good cheer, my brother, for my Lord of London is our good physician.