XJF441918 The burning of Rose Allin\'s hand by Edmund Tyrell and the burning of 6 martyrs at Colchester, from \'Acts and Monuments\' by John Foxe, 1563 (woodcut) by English School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: part of the persecution of Protestants under Mary I; suspected heretics had their hands burnt as it was assumed the threat of death by fire would be enough to make them renounce their faith; John Foxe (1516-87);); English, out of copyright.