Sir Christopher Schenk (Letters, March 31) is right: the Reformation took place a long time ago and it is time for forgiveness and reconciliation. I was present at a meeting of Churches Together in Oxfordshire in October 2003 when the Lord Lieutenant suggested a new memorial might be built in the city to honour all its local martyrs, irrespective of whether they were Protestant or Catholic. On the Protestant side, the names of Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley are, of course, well known. Less well known are three Catholic priests, George Napier, George Nichols and Richard Yaxley, who, professing their own beliefs with similar courage, were hung, drawn and quartered in Oxford. I suggest that in these less tempestuous times many would be willing to contribute to the cost of implementing this imaginative proposal.
F.G. Davis, South Newington
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