Bible Encyclopedias
Knowne Men
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or just fastmen, a name for persons who, in the reign of Henry VII, suffered martyrdom at the instigation of John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, either for reading the Scriptures or treatises of Scripture in English, or for hearing the same read. See Hardwick, Hist. of the Reformation, p. 180, note 3; Fox, Book of Martyrs (Lond. 1583), p. 820-37; Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation (London, 1681), i, 27 sq.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Knowne Men'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​k/knowne-men.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.