Agnes Grebill

 ( 1511 Deaths ) 

Agnes Grebill of Tenterden (died 1511) was an English Lollardy martyr from Kent.

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Biography Information about Grebill's life mostly comes from evidence given against her by members of her own family during her heresy trial in 1511.

Her husband was a weaver who worked in Tenterden and Benenden, Kent. When Grebill was about thirty she was converted to Lollard beliefs by the teachings of John Ive and William Carder.

Sheila Sweetinburgh (2026). 9780851155845, Boydell & Brewer. . ISBN 9780851155845

Grebill and her husband later instructed their sons (John Grebill and Christopher Grebill) in Lollardy and were central figures in a network of those with Lollard beliefs in the county of Kent. In line with Lollard beliefs, Grebill was Anti-clericalism and felt that confession could only be good if "made to a priest being the follower of Saint Peter and being pure and clean in life."

Peter Marshall (2017). 9780300170627, Yale University Press. . ISBN 9780300170627

In 1511, Grebill was brought to trial before Archbishop William Warham of Canterbury, along with her husband and sons, accused of heretical beliefs.

(2016). 9789004309852, BRILL. . ISBN 9789004309852

When tried, she was at least sixty years old.

Robert Lutton (2026). 9780861932832, Boydell & Brewer. . ISBN 9780861932832

Grebill was the only member of her family who refused to Recantation,

Jennifer Ward (2006). 9780826419859, A&C Black. . ISBN 9780826419859

and her husband and one of their sons later testified against her.

Elizabeth Gillan Muir (2019). 9781487593841, University of Toronto Press. . ISBN 9781487593841

Archbishop Warham pronounced Grebill an "obstinate heretic." She was handed over to the secular courts and was burned at the stake, dying alongside four other female Lollards.

Categories: 1511 Deaths, 16th-century English Women, Lollard Martyrs, People Executed For Heresy, Executed People From Kent, 16th-century Executions By England

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