Timeline February 1555

Events in February 1555 3

• 1495 – 1555 John Hooper (1495-1555) Died 9 February 1555, aged 60 Bishop of Gloucester and a leading English Reformer, Hooper was condemned for heresy under Mary I and burned at the stake in Gloucester. He is remembered as one of the earliest and most prominent Marian martyrs.
• 1505 – 1555 John Rogers (1505-1555) Died 4 February 1555, aged 50 An English clergyman and Bible translator, Rogers compiled the Matthew Bible and was the first Protestant executed under Queen Mary I. He was burned at the stake at Smithfield in London.
• 1555 Muscovy Company chartered England's first major joint-stock trading company Queen Mary I granted a royal charter to the Muscovy Company in February 1555, formalizing the trade route to Russia opened by Richard Chancellor's earlier voyage. It became England's first chartered joint-stock trading company and a model for later ventures such as the East India Company.