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The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn filibe l Benenictine apoztl efi ant' Hyat tmz o f QEngl anD . ’ C r t St . B r id e s Ab b e M f r H a v n op y ig h , y, il o d e Th e O n e H u n d r e d a n d Five M a r t yr s o f Tyb u rn B y t he Nu n s o f Tyb u r n Co n ve n t W it h a n In t r o d u c t io n b y D o m B E D E CA M M , O . S. E . ° AT T 69 O E S, L D . Orcha rd St re e t Lo n do n W , 1 9 1 7 This l it t l e b o o k is grat e fu l ly de dicat e d t o t he n d s n B n fa t o rs o f T b ur n F o u e r a d e e c y . CONTE NTS D o B r m m O . S . E . Int oduction by ede Ca m , Short B iographies of the One H undred and Five Martyrs Small Guide for a Visit to the Oratory o f the E nglish Martyrs List o f Relics Some Notes on Tyburn Convent The Vo w made by the Community o f Tyburn for the Conversion o f E ngland INT ROD UCTION H E Oratory of the E nglish Martyrs has Tbecome a Shrine that is ve ryd e a r to many nl devout pilgrims . Though it is o y a tem o rar p y one , housed in a room which is far from o f being worthy its hallowed memories , it has yet a character and dignity of its own whi ch appeals to the heart and stimulates the imagina tion . It is now some years s in c e a few devoted friends of Tyburn took it upon them to decorate and enrich this little Shrine , so that it might tell more vividly the story of those great souls who consecrated this soil with their blood . It was a B enedictine monk who first con c e ive d the idea of overshadowing the altar of sacrifice with a presentiment of the Triple Tree T H R E of yburn , the oly ood of this our nglish o Calvary . It was another B enedictine wh T h carried out his ideas , designed the ree wit its pendant lamps , the altar reredos and orna men ts which make so strong an appeal to the o f . No t lovers our Martyrs only this , but the work itself was carried out in the B enedictine B I O IN TROD UCTION s M so workshop at ared us , by sons of that B elgian Mother then on the very threshold of M . The her artyrdom statues of our Martyrs , the lace - like carving of th e canopies (adopted f - f D from a amous rood lo t in evonshire) , the - brazen lamps , the rich palm embroidered hang ings , are all the work of hands belonging to a ’ country which has since grasped the martyrs palm . It was thought at the time that it was not inappropriate that B elgian hands should work to the glory o f those who had found on B elgian soil a place of refuge in persecution . a school of o u traini n g f r the priesthood and the crown . B t how much more deeply appropriate does it seem to us now B It was a enedictine Oblate who , in generous and devoted love for the Martyrs of Tyburn , o f furnished the necessary funds , at the cost - sac rifi c e fo r T A great self , ree , ltar , windows , . B A reliquaries , and the rest enedictine bbeys gave o f the treasures o f holy relics to enrich the Shrine with the most precious of all gifts . A B enedictine monk collected them from man y places , where they had long been cherished , and B enedictine Nuns it w as who ens hrined e - them in their pr sent resting places , and adorned w o f them ith the skilled labour their hands . An d thus the older bran ches of the Order IN TROD UCTION 1 I f have helped to beauti y this lowly Shrine , which is confided to the care of the youngest , but not o f the least worthy , the many religious families B F who own St . enedict as ather and Patriarch . Those who visit this Sanctuary are asked to pray fo r the B enefactors who have done their part in the work , and they are requested also to give their offerings towards the building o f the new and glorious Sanctuary which some w day must replace this little lo ly Shrine . Th e present altar ornaments . and stained s d gla s will all be retaine in the new Chapel , and will show to fa r greater advantage than they can in their present cramped surround ings . Would it not b e a seemly and beautiful me w f morial to our glorious dead , ho have allen in the n prese t war if, in the very heart of London , a sanctuary of unce as ing prayer should be raised to the glory o f the Sacred H eart o f Je sus in memory of the Martyrs of E ngland ' H ere at Tyburn the martyrs of the olden times would h s s - clasp hands with their eroic on of to day , and a round the Throne of the E ucharistic Lamb would rise unceasingly from the alternate choirs - o of that white robed h st , the hymn of triumph ’ o f . and victory , the Warriors song peace Thus the memories of the crusaders o f 1 2 IN TROD UCTION Gallipoli and t he E gyptian desert and of the heroes of F rench and Flemish battlefields would be linked for ever with the fadeless glo ry of the martyrs who won their palms at Tyburn Tree . s Their names , in cribed on the walls of the k sanctuary, would go down to future ages lin ed s in eparably with the names , still more glorious , of those who taught them how to die . An d the Chapel of the E nglish Martyrs w ould remain an imperishable record of the heroes of the 4' Twentieth as of the Sixteenth Century . T his is but a dream at present , but one that ’ under God s Providence may yet become a reality . Meanwhile let pilgrims learn at Tyburn that love is stronger than death , and sacrifice more fruitful than possession . C F D OM B D . E E CAMM , I ST G E NE R L H P g A OS ITAL , D E G P . PORT SAI , Y T 11 1 1 6 Au ust 20 1 . g , , 9 O * In lin k in g t h e nam e s of t h e her oes of t h e p r esen t w a r w t t s t h e E s M r t r s it s n o t i h ho e of ng li h a y , i m eant t o i m p ly t ha t o u r g lo r io u s dead a r e m artyr s in “ t h e t c c s s fo r t h e F t b u t e hni al en e of dying ai h , that they sac r i fi ced t hei r li ves fo r t h e p r inci p le of b r t u st c t r t s m r c s li e y , j i e , p a io i , and elig ion , on ide r in t r c u s t h e c u s G o d g hei a e a e of . The 1 0 5 Ma r t yr s o f Tyb u rn B e at ifi e d— 2 6 79 Venerable . B enedictines Venerable Carthusians B e a t ifi e d B rid ge t tin e Franciscans D ominican Jesuits B e a t ifi e d Venerable Sec u lar Priests B e a t ifi e d Venerable Laymen B e at ifi e d Venerable Gentlewomen Vene rable An d the Tyburn Martyr Archbishop Venerable Total 1 4 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE NU RY I I TH 1 8 . JA A , 5 4 VE N AR R . A TE WILLI M C , Layman H E B o was a Londoner , and a Printer and ok ' seller by profession . eal for the dissemination of Catholic truth was the cause of his martyr o dom . A series f imprisonments interrupted his work , but as soon as he recovered liberty he returned to the task of spreading literature for the exhortation and comfort of his fellow t th Ca holics . This he achieved with great di culty owing to the extreme danger of the times , and it is said that his Printing Press was so small that he co uld hardly print more than one page at a time , while some books he copied entirely by hand .
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