Anne Askew was born in 1521 in Lincolnshire , England . William Askew , a wealthy landowner , was her father . William was a gentleman in the court of King Henry VIII , as well as a juror in the trial of Anne Boleyn 's co-accused . Her mother was Elizabeth Wrotessley , of Reading , Berkshire . Askew was the fourth of their five children , which included her brothers Francis and Edward , and sisters Martha and Jane . She also had two stepbrothers , Christopher and Thomas , by her father 's second wife Elizabeth Hutton . She was also related to Robert who led the Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Anne Askew