Henry Filmer

Henry Filmer was a 16th-century English Protestant martyr, one of the Windsor Martyrs, during the reign of Henry [VIII of England|Henry VIII].
Filmer was a Protestant tailor and church warden of St [John the Baptist Church, Windsor], Berkshire who complained about the overly Catholic sermons of the vicar. He gained the support of the Bishop of Salisbury much to the consternation of a former Catholic mayor of the town, William Simonds. His powerful friend, John [London (priest)|Dr John London], who was Bishop Gardiner's agent, arrested Filmer, along with four others, and, on 4 August 1543, he, Robert Testwood and Anthony Pearson were burnt to death.