What is Joan Waste?
{{Infobox Person | name = Joan Waste | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1534 | birth_place = [[Derby]] | death_date = 1 August 1556 | death_place = [[Derby]] | death_cause = Burned to death | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = English | other_names = | known_for = martyrdom | education = | employer = | occupation = rope maker | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = William and Joan Waste | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Joan Waste''' (1534 - 1 August 1556) was a blind woman who was burned in [[Derby]] because she would not stop being a [[Protestant]].<ref name=ref3>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1OUKAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Joan+waste%22&pg=RA2-PA604 The History of the County of Derby], Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble, 1829, accessed 23 February 2009</ref><ref name=foxe>[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/johnfoxe/index.html John Foxe's Book of Martyrs]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 1563, republished 2006, accessed February 2009</ref> She had bought a [[Bible]] so that friends could read to her.<ref name=st/> ==Biography== Waste was blind when she was born in 1534. Her parents were William and Joan Waste. William's job was to cut people's hair and make rope. By the age of twelve, Joan had learned to make ropes and clothes. In 1553, [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] came to the throne and it was made illegal to hold Protestant views. Mary condemned 277 people for not having the right sort of religion. This crime was called [[heresy]].<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm Mary Tudor], Catholic Encyclopedia, accessed February 2009</ref> [[Image:St Peters Church Derby.jpg|thumb|left|Joan and her family attended services at St Peter's church where they heard the services in English until Mary became Queen.<ref nam