Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bloody Bill

The 31 Henry VIII., c. 14, which denounced death, by hanging or burning, on all who denied the doctrine of transubstantiation.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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