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Eventually, Tyndale was betrayed by Henry Phillips to the imperial authorities, seized in Antwerp in 1535 and held in the castle of Vilvoorde near Brussels.

He was tried on a charge of heresy in 1536 and condemned to death, despite Thomas Cromwell's intercession on his behalf.

Tyndale " was strangled to death while tied at the stake, and then his dead body was burned ".

Tyndale's final words, spoken " at the stake with a fervent zeal, and a loud voice ", were reported as " Lord!

Open the King of England's eyes.

" The traditional date of commemoration is 6 October, but records of Tyndale's imprisonment suggest the actual date of his execution might have been some weeks earlier.

Foxe gives 6 October as the date of commemoration ( left-hand date column ), but gives no date of death ( right-hand date column ).