Margaret Polley (died July 1555) was an English Protestant martyr from Popingberry, Rochester, Kent. Her story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.

She was questioned by Maurice Griffith, Bishop of Rochester, condemned to death for heresy, and imprisoned for over a month. John Foxe wrote that Polley: "was in the prime of her life, pious, charitable, humane, learned in the Scriptures, and beloved by all who knew her."

Margaret Polley

She was executed in Tunbridge in July 1555, on the same day as Christopher Wade.

Margaret Polley

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1555 deaths

16th-century Protestant martyrs

16th-century English women

Executed English women

Executed British people

People executed for heresy

People executed under Mary I of England

People from Pembury

People executed by the Kingdom of England by burning

Executed people from Kent

Year of birth unknown

Protestant martyrs of England

Margaret Polley