Out of 290 martyrdoms known, 247 took place east of this line, that is, in the city of London and the counties of Essex, Hertford, Kent, Sussex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge.

Thirteen are recorded in the south center, at Winchester and Salisbury, eleven at the western ports of the Severn, Bristol and Gloucester.

There were three in Wales, all on the coast at St.David's; one in the south-western peninsula at Exeter, a few in the midlands, and not one north of Lincolnshire and Cheshire.
When it is said that the English changed their religion easily, this record of heroic opposition must be remembered to the contrary.

Mary's reign became more and more hateful to her people until at last it is possible that only the prospect of its speedy termination prevented a rebellion.

The popular epithet of {324} "bloody" rightly distinguishes her place in the estimate of history.