Ridley, Nicholas. English reformer. Born in Northumberland, about 1500. Studied at Cambridge, Paris, and Louvain. Returned to Cambridge in 1529. Became chaplain to Cranmer in 1537 and, about 1540, master of Pembroke Hall. Was appointed Bishop of Rochester in 1547, and of London in 1550. Took a leading part in composing the liturgy and drawing up the 42 articles. Favored the attempt to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne, and was imprisoned in the Tower. Was condemned to death for heresy and burnt, with Latimer, at Oxford in October, 1555.

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