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Martyrs, Carthusian

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Memorial May 4,

Profile A group of Carthusian monks who were hanged, drawn and quartered between June 19, 1535,September 20, 1537 for refusing to acknowledge the English royalty as head of the Church.

Blessed Humphrey Middlemore

Blessed James Walworth

Blessed John Davy

Blessed John Rochester

Blessed Richard Bere

Blessed Robert Salt

Blessed Sebastian Newdigate, choir monk of the London Charterhouse, executed at Tyburn, London, on June 19,1535

Blessed Thomas Green (perhaps alias Thomas Greenwood), choir monk of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on June 10,1537

Blessed Thomas Johnson, choir monk of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on September 20,1537

Blessed Thomas Redyng, laybrother of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on June 16,1537

Blessed Thomas Scryven, laybrother of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on June 15,1537

Blessed Walter Pierson, laybrother of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on June 10,1537

Blessed William Exmew, procurator of the London Charterhouse, executed at Tyburn, London, on June 19,1535

Blessed William Greenwood, laybrother of the London Charterhouse, died of starvation in Newgate Prison, London on June 6,1537

Blessed William Horne, laybrother of the London Charterhouse, hanged, disembowelled, and quartered at Tyburn, London on August 4,1540

Saint Augustine Webster

Saint John Houghton

Saint Robert Lawrence

Additional Information Carthusian Martyrs of London, by Barry Bossa

Catholic Online

Catholic Online

Saints Alive, by Father Robert F McNamara

Wikipedia

The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Martyrs, Carthusian'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​m/martyrs-carthusian.html. 1910.
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