a medieval Dissenting group were followers of John Wycliffe. Some were martyred, but many recanted when put on trial. They encouraged lay preachers; denied transubstantiation; encouraged use of Bible in English; pacifistic; condemned pilgrimages, auricular confession, and veneration of images; denied purgatory and priestly celibacy.

followers of John Wycliffe; they believed that the Bible was the sole authority in religion and that every man had the right to read and interpret it for himself

Street preachers [Lollard = mumbler] sent out by John Wycliffe (14th c.)