Why was John Fisher executed?

Answer 1

St. John Fisher was martyred (beheaded) on June 22,1535 on Tower Hill, Tyburn, England. He met death with a calm dignified courage which profoundly impressed all who were present. His body was treated with particular rancour, apparently on Henry's orders, being stripped and left on the scaffold till evening, when it was taken on pikes and thrown naked into a rough grave in the churchyard of All Hallow.

Answer 2

John was asked to study the problem of Henry VIII's marriage and became the target of Henry's wrath by defending the validity of the marriage and rejecting Henry's claim to be head of the Church in England. John was imprisoned in 1534 for his opposition. He spent 14 months in prison without trial and was then executed.

Answer 3

John Fisher was executed because he refused to accept King Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England and opposed the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Fisher's loyalty to the Pope and his defense of the Catholic Church's teachings led to his arrest and ultimately his execution for treason in 1535.