Elizabeth Barton, English nun and martyr (born 1506)

Elizabeth Barton

16th-century English Catholic nun and martyr

Elizabeth Barton, known as "The Nun of Kent", "The Holy Maid of London", "The Holy Maid of Kent" and later "The Mad Maid of Kent", was an English Catholic nun. She was executed as a result of her prophecies against the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn.