filibe l Benenictine apoztl efi ant' Hyat tmz

o f QEngl anD .

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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

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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 . H e w as held in high esteem by his friends , and one of the reasons why he was so cruelly racked when finally arrested , was that he had been entrust ed with the custody of Chalices and Vestments whose owners he A . t refused to betray the trial , the chief accusa tion against him was that he had instigated the

’ Que en s enemies (Catholic E nglishwomen) to

A Tre a t e o n c hi m murder their So vereign . is S s ' the book for the printing of which he was con

m dem ed , contained a paragraph about Judith

H s an d and oloferne , the master heretic , this it was affi rmed was onl y a paraphrase MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 1 5

r indicating E lizabeth . While the ju y retired to f f con er on the verdict , Carter availed himsel of the opportunity of confessing to a priest who was waiting like hi m for the death sentence . The W day following his trial , illiam Carter was d ragged to Tyburn and there hanged and quar t e r e d .

NU RY 2 1 ST 1 86 . JA A , 5

ARD S RANC VE N . E D T H AM W , Secular

Priest . H A WOOD FE N VE N . N H E E IC OL S , or W

LE R . , Secular Priest

TH E r o f M w as f fi st these artyrs an Ox ord man , both born and bred . Shortly after taking his

’ ’

B . o achelor s degree at St John s C llege , he became a convert to the Catholic Faith and

D fo r went over to ouai to study the priesthood .

H e E 1 81 returned to ngland in 5 , together with

A D FE N he NICH OL S WOO . T latter was

i a e . H s born at L inster true n me was Wheeler . While lodging in Fleet Street he ministered under his assumed name to the gentlemen of

n the Inns of Court , whose ma ner of dress he Af adopted . ter enduring much poverty and

a persecution for five ye rs , both priests were put to death with great barbarity on the same 2 1 8t 1 6 2 . January , 4 VE N R AN ROE . B A E A B TH OLOM W L ,

O . S . B . Priest , VE N A RE YN D . TH RE E N OM S G , or OL S ,

Secular Priest .

TH E B n enedictine Monk , k own in religion as FATH E R A B AN ff L , was bo rn in Su olk and Al l brought up as a Protestant . his life he was full of zeal , and it was in the attempt to refute the errors of a man imprisoned at St . Alban ’s for holding the Catholic Faith that he received the initial grace of his own conversion .

A his fter this interview , in which adversary gained the victory , he was never at peace until he found himself in the safe port of the True

Church . H aving entered the B enedictine Order in Lorraine , he prepared himself with assiduity

e to exercise the apostolate in E ngland . H spent

r a great pa t of his life in prison , once in Maiden

’

at . A Lane , afterwards St lban s , whence he was F n removed to the leet Priso , where he remained

e s for seventeen years . H never lost his dauntles ff gaiety , and amid his many and severe su erings of mind and body he never ceased to labour for souls .

1 8 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE

A 1 1 third Sunday in dvent , 59 , the house where he was staying was searched by constables and churchwardens and sidesmen of the Prote stant Parish Church with the object of finding which

e of the inmat s did not attend the services . Father P at e ns o n w as seized and condemned

i The at the first sess on held after Christmas . night before his execution he was put into the condemned hole with seven malefactors who were to suffer with him on the following day . H e conve rted six o f them and helped them to

he r make their peace with God . T persecuto s were so enraged at the profession o f the Catholic

F aff aith they made on the sc old , and the con s t a n c y with which they accepted an ign o m in ious death in satisfaction for their past crimes , that the Martyr was treated with more than usual barbarity .

NU RY 2 TH 1 6 . JA A 4 , 79

VE N . A RE AN s . WILLI M I L D , Priest , ' R VE H N . N . VE JO G O , Layman

RE AND as VE . w N . W I L born in Lincolnshire

’

. e and brought up at St Omer s . H entered the

o f 1 e t e Society of Jesus at the age 9. H had the putation o f possessing a wonderful calm a n d MAR TYR S OF TYB URN 1 9

evenness of mind on all o ccasions . On return E ing to ngland , he was apprehended on the first

o f breaking out the Titus Oates Plot , and suf fe re d much from the loathsomeness o f the prison

e and the weight of his iron chains . H was brought to trial with several others , including H N R VE JO G O , a layman employed as a servant by the E nglish Jesuits in their business about town . Oates and B edloe swore that Father Ireland had been present at a consultation held in August

al t for killing the King , hough the priest brought many to witness he was in Staffordshire at the B time . Oates and edloe also swore that Grove was appointed to shoot the King , for which deed he was to receive a preposterous amount o f F t h . 2 money On riday , the 4 of January , the N martyrs were drawn from ewgate to Tyburn , and were abused and pelted by the mob all the T way . hey endured every insult with cheerful

- patience , and died forgiving those who were guilty of their blood , and praying for their King

o and C untry . 20 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE

F I 1 6 EBRUARY ST , 45 .

E NRY R E s H . VE N . MO S , Priest , '

B f 1 ORN in Suf olk in the year 595 , he was recon

- ciled to the Church at the age of twenty three , H D B and received oly Orders at ouai . eing sent

E e ' on the nglish Mission , he was at onc cap t ure d , and imprisoned for three years among felons and malefactors . This prison was at the

Of e same time his place novitiate . H there

‘ prepared himself to become a Jesuit , and a priest of the Society who was also in prison

Ve assisted him as a novice master . n . H enry m Morse was twice banished fro the kingdom , but found means to return and devote himself to the service of poor Catholics in the time of

H e the Plague . was charged with perverting

560 Protestants in one Parish alone . On the morning of his martyrdom he cele b rat e d the votive M ass of the B lessed Trinity in thanksgiving for the great favour God was — pleased to gran t him a favour he had besought — for thirty years having first , according to his . custom recited the Litanies of Our Lady and the Saints for the conversion of E ngland . Wh en he was admonished that his time was come , he knelt down and offered himself without reserve as a sacrifice to the D ivine Majesty and MAR TYRS OF TYE URN 2 1

H e reparation for the sins of his nation . welcomed death , saying Come , my sweetest Jesus , that I may n o wbe inseparably united to Thee in time and in eternity . Welcome ropes , hurdles , ' gibbets , knives and butchery welcome for the love of Je sus my Saviour

F RD 1 8 . EBRUARY 3 , 57

N . B E E D H N NE S . L S S JO LSO , Priest , I

T Y . HIS martyr was born at Shelton , near ork H e was arrested on suspicion late one evening

’ The o f when saying Matins . Oath the Queen s

Off supremacy was ered to him , but he refused ’ H to take it , saying that the Pope s oliness was the H ead of the Church to whom that supreme

’ authority on earth was due , as being Christ s ”

V . . icar, and the lawful successor of St Peter

When sentence was pronounced against him , he never changed countenance , but prepared himself with a good countenance to die . B y

’ ‘ God s special providence , he received the V Sacred iaticum the day before he was arraigned . A T rrived at yburn, he turned to the people , saying I call you all this day to witness that

I die in the unity of the Catholic Church , and for that unity do now most willingly suff er my

blood to be shed ' and therefore I beseech God , 22 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

sa m e th a . t and request you all to pray for the , it would please God of H is great mercy to make

ru you , and all others that are not such already , t e

H e Catholic men . then besought all who were -o f the like Faith to pray with him that

H is Christ , by the merits of bitter Passion , l ” would receive his soul into ever asting joy .

e As H was cut down when only half dead . his heart was plucked out he was heard to murmur ' I forgive the Queen and all that ” were causers o f my death .

F TH 1 8 . EBRUARY 7 , 57

B E E D H A H E R D . L S S T OM S S WOO , Layman

H E o was born in L ndon , and was one of a large

e t f D family . H had re urned rom ouai in order to arrange with his father about remaining at the seminary , and was one day talking in Chan cery Lane when the cry was raised , Stop the traitor It was the unworthy so n of a Catholic lady with whom he was staying who thus be t raye d him . H aving replied to the questio n put to him that he believed the H oly Father to be H the ead of the Church , the young seminarist was sent to priso n on a charge of high treason . In the vain attempt to force him to reveal where M and by whom he had heard ass said , he was MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 23 taken to the To wer to be cruelly racked The only words which escaped him were Lord ff Jesus , I am not wo rthy that I should su er T these things for hee , much less am I worthy o f those rewards which Thou hast promised to give to such as confess Thee H e was then thrown into a dungeon under the banks o f the T hames , among the rats , where he endured hunger and cold for three winter months .

E ve On the of Candlemas , Sherwood was tried

u and found g ilty of denying the royal supremacy ,

e and the barbarous sentence was passed . H is described as small , and he looked much younger than his twenty - seven years ' being of his ” nature very meek and gentle .

F 1 2TH 1 8 . EBRUARY , 5 4 VE E N A FE N . N . u J M S , Sec lar Priest E R E AYD VE N . H G O G OCK , Secular Priest . H A AME RF D VE N . T H OR OM S , Secular

Priest . D E VE N . H N UN N JO M , Secular Priest . E NU R V N . H N TTE JO , Secular Priest .

’ ON F o f . h the east St Peter s C ains , these prisoners of Christ were accounted worthy to hear the death sentence passed on them fo r upholding the primacy of Peter . 2 TH E ONE H UND RE AND FIVE 4. D

A E FE NN b J M S was orn at Montacute , in f . H e t Somersetshire made his s udies at Ox ord ,

Ne w at College and Corpus Christi College . On the death of his wife he became a Seminary A Priest . moving scene took place at the Tower Gate after he was bound on the hurdle ' his F little daughter rances , with many tears , came to take her last leave of him and receive his

f c blessing , which he gave her with di fi ulty , striving to raise his man acled hands .

E R E H AYD G O G OCK , the son of the

Co t t am h al l a Squire of , near Presto n , L ncashire w as the youngest of the five martyr priests , — being o nl y twenty four years old when

n s he suffered . In a wer to the questions put by the minister , he said that if he and the Queen were alone in some desert place where he could do to her what he would he would not so much as prick her with a pin

No , not to gain the whole world , and , he added , I beg and beseech all Catholics to pray together with me to our commo n Lord for me

’ ” and for our Country s weal .

RF R H A H AM E O D VE N . VE N . T OM S and JOH N MUND E N welcomed death with great F fortitude . ather Munden acknowledged his

26 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE glorious than to die for the confession

the F of true aith and the Christian religion . Rather strive with me in prayer to Go d that H e may give me prudence and wisdom to reply discreetly to the judges , and strength of soul to ” ff r bear whatever su e ings are laid upon me . H e was sentenced to the most barbarous penal

es ti decreed against priests , and the following

a T e b day was dr gged to yburn, scorted y many e of his fervent disciples , who ver and again pressed to the side of the hurdle to wipe the

s slush from his face , and at the la t they could not be kept back from crowding to kiss his hands and obtain his ble ssing till he mounted the ladder by which he was to ascend to God . F w E ive eeks later , lizabeth was called to a the ppear before Just Judge , after a reign of

- more than forty four years .

F 1 8TH 1 . EBRUARY , 594 A ARR N T N N . H VE WILLI M I G O , Secular

Priest . B H E was born in Yorkshire . efore being led forth to the hurdle on the morning of his triumph , he gave his blessing to some poor Catholic women who found means to come to

At he ff him . Tyburn was o ered his life if he MAR TYRS OF TYB UR N 27 would promise to go once to the church by law e a H e st blished . said See , then, all my treason is that I will not go to church To p cliffe then bade him tell all he knew o f the

s Catholic in the west country , as it was known that he had friends there and it was in the power of the Sheriff to show mercy and save him . The M artyr replied he had nothing to disclose , and

’ ’ T0p c liff e s mercy was worse than the Turk s

t o who , having the body in subjec ion , s ught not

e o r to destroy the soul . Y t he prayed God to f give him though he was a tyrant and a bloo d

o sucker . N doubt you shall have blood enough , he added , so long as you have hands and a halter to hang us , you shall not want priests ' we were three hundred in E ngland ' you have put to death one hundred other two

. t tw o hundred are left When hey are go ne , hundred more are ready to come in their place .

Fo r my part , I hope my death will do more ” o goo d than ever my life would have d ne .

I 1 F 2 . EBRUARY ST, 595

VE N . R B E R UTH E O T SO W LL , Priest , S . I.

’ H E N . F f was born at St aith s in or olk , and was received into the So ciety of Jesus when o n ly 1 6

d a years old , and early showe signs of gre t literary 28 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F I VE

e u gifts . H labo red among his persecuted fellow countrymen for eight years , at the end of which time he w as betrayed and apprehended a few f . B T miles rom Lo ndon eing cast into the ower , he was left fo r the first month in a most filthy

a dungeon , and for three ye rs he was kept in

a n d prison was ten times cruelly racked . When he learnt that he w as to give the supreme proof

his f o . f his love , heart over lowed with joy Great care was taken to keep the day of his w martyrdom secret , and a famous high ayman was purpo sely sentenced to be executed at T another place at the same hour . hese pre w cautions were , ho ever , powerless to prevent an im mense crowd as sembling at Tyburn to witness the last glorious conflict of the holy

y . H e Jesuit , poet and Mart r made the sign of the cross as well as he was able with his manacled hands , and then began to speak to the people in

A o the words of the p stle Whether we live ,

o we live to the L rd , or whether we die , we die to the Lord ' therefore , whether we live or

o . T n whether we die , we belo ng to the L rd he he prayed for the Queen and for his poor country , imploring the D ivine B ount y to favour it with

e H is light and the knowledge of H is truth . H d ied at the same age as Our Saviour . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 29

F 2 6TH 1 60 . EBRUARY , 7

VE N . R B E R D RU RY . O T , Secular Priest l B B u c kin h a m shire R D ORN in g , obert rury was educated partl y at Rheims and partly at Vallad olid , where he received ordinatio n , returning to

E 1 e the ngland in 593 . H fell into the hands of persecutors about the time that a new Oath of Allegiance was imposed upon Catholics in the

1 i h reign of James I . This o ath 8 sa d to ave been contrived by Sir Christopher Perkins , a fallen

w a n Jesuit , and was orded in such ma ner that Catholics could be divided in their opinion as to its lawfulness . It was prohibited by Pope V F D Paul , and that was enough for ather rury as for all true Catholics . When condemned to die for remaining in the realm contrary to the

m i statute , he ght have saved his life by taking the oath , but chose to sacrifice his life rather than his conscience . H e suffered with great constancy at the age of

- thirty nine . 3 0 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FIVE

F 1 2 TH 60 1 . EBRUARY 7 ,

VE N M B . . AR B AR RTH O . S . K KWO , Priest , VE N I . R R F LC CK . E O S . OG , Priest, I

VE N . E ANN NE . LI , Widow

IT was the B enedictine Father who sang on his way to Tyburn in the bitter cold and falling snow . A gain, as he stoo d in the cart with his companion H priest , the ropes about their necks , aec dies

D e xu l te m u s quam fecit ominus , he sang , and the Jesuit took up the words of the E aster ”

E t l ae t e m u r in . F B anthem , ea ather arkworth h was born in Lincolns ire , and became a convert

F - t wo of the Catholic aith at the age of twenty .

H F c aving gone to landers and then e to Spain , he returned to E ngland to work on the mission . In order to remind the spectators of the debt B E . ngland owed to the children of St enedict , he desired to be martyred in the monas tic habit . A minister cried out Repent of your sins and remember that Christ has given H is life ” s for you . The monk devoutly ki sed the rope ,

An d H im add so am I now giving my life for , would I had a thousand lives to lay down fo r

H im .

R FILCO N . R E VE OG CK , who witnessed the death o f his two companions before he suffered MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 3 1

. The himself, was born at Sandwich , in Kent two F B martyrs were lifelo ng friends , and ather ark worth had a prophetic presentiment when he wrote shortly before the event My mind tells me that we shall die together , who have ” so long lived together .

ANNE NE o o f LI , weak of body but str ng soul , was the first of the three to be martyred . H e r desire of mart yrdom had been increased by a vision she had had o f Our Lord in the B lessed Sacrament bearing H is Cross and beckoning her

D a 1 6 1 H im . 0 to follow On Candlemas y, , the pursuivants , suspecting she harboured a priest , F broke in while ather Page was saying Mass .

H e had time to escape , but the brave widow was hurried o ff to prison and soo n afterwards con demmed At Tyburn she declared with a loud voice I am sentenced to death for harbouring a Catholic Priest , and so far I am from repent w ing for having so done , that I ish with all my soul that where I have entertained one I could ” have entertained a thousand . 3 2 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND . FIVE

TH 1 . MARCH 7 , 544

B E E D H N AR E . L S S JO L K , Secular Priest B E E D E R YN ARD NE R L S S J M G I , Secular

Priest . VE N . H N RE AND . JO I L , Secular Priest VE N . TH A A H B Y . OM S S , Layman B E D R L S SE J . LA KE had been the rector of ’ - . E t he l b u r a s B w St g , ishopsgate , for t enty six B T years , when lessed homas More made him parish priest of the old riverside Church at

was r a Chelsea . It here the Lo d Chancellor c me d with his household on Sundays and holi ays , accounting it a high privilege to serve Mass , and where he came finally to be shriven and receive H oly Communion the morning of the day he was summoned to appear before the Council . B lessed John Larke carried on his work for

e . T souls another ten years aft r that hen , in the

- fi fth H V thirty year of the reign of enry III , he was himself put to the final test , and following the example of his own sheep , afterwards suffered a most famous martyrdom for the same cause ” Two of the supremacy . other secular priests , D ARD NE R— B LE S SE J . G I kinsman and — secretary of the t o p of Winchester and

AND VE N . N . T . A Y VE . RE H B J I L , with S ,

Layman , shared his co ndemnatio n and martyr

do m .

34 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FIVE

A P 1 TH 1 6 . RIL 7 , 43

VE N . H E RY A F A E N (P UL O ST . M GDAL N)

H E AT F . H . O . M , Priest ,

H E was born at Peterborough , of Protestant

. H is parents , and studied at Oxford love for l books , especia ly for those written by the F athers of the Church , proved the means by

f Fo r which he ound the true Faith . a while he remained at D ouai seminary before ente ring

th e F the Convent of ranciscans in that town , i being attracted by the r fervour and poverty . H ere for nineteen years he led a life of great penance , obedience and meekness , and it was

r here that his old father , for whose conve sion he had so much prayed , came to seek admission to the fold of Christ and became a lay brother in this convent of which his son was twice g uardian . Father H eath had long been consumed by an ardent desire for martyrdom , and craved per mission to return to his country . This he at lengt h obtained through the intercession of Our f d o M . H Lady ontagu , near Louvain aving begge h his way to London , e was immediately arrested and his sentence promptly pronounced From his dungeon he wrote to his Superior ' What other thing can I desire than to suffer with

Christ , to be reproached with Christ , to die a MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 35 thousand deaths that I may live for ever with

t he Christ . On way to Tyburn, having ” N c D i said his un imitt s , he ever invoked the

N e ame of Jesus . H died with intense joy and

E s sweetness . Jesus , convert ngland , Je us have

o h E c o n mercy on this country ' , ngland , be verted to the Lord thy God were the words with which he breathed out his soul .

P 1 1 A TH 602 . RIL 9 ,

U T AME D E T . VE N . J S CK , Layman

H IS boyhood was spent among the Westmore h land ills , where he was brought up in the new

A - religion . fter his school days he was bound apprentice to a merchant in London , and there became convinced of the truth of Catholicism , which b e embraced after many trials and d iffi

o f c u l t ie s . H e chose the trade a bookseller, and supplied books to Catholics , and this was the cause o f his spending much o f his married life

H e in prison . was betrayed by a bookbinder, who being condemned to death thus sought

his f to save own li e , but lost it , together with his M honour . The artyr met him again in the same cart that was to t ake them to Tyburn . As they

rO e s stood beneath the gibbet , with p round their

the a n ecks , James Duckett said Peter, c use 3 6 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

of my coming hither God and thyself knowest , ” for which I from my heart forgive thee . Then Th he bent and kissed him , saying y life and mine are not long ' wilt thou promise me one ' thing If thou wilt , speak . Wilt thou die as I P die , a Catholic

I will die as a Christian should die , was the answer .

P I 0 6 A 2 TH 1 8 . R L , 5

A . VE N . R H ARD E R E NT IC S G , Secular Priest N VE N . A TH WILLI M OMPSO , Secular

Priest . V R AR R A E N . I CH D SE GE NT was born in h i Gloucesters ire , and his compan on in martyr

B . A dom at lackburn , in Lancashire fter a fruitful

s apo tolate , both gladly laid down their lives for T Christ . hey were condemned for having been made priests beyond the seas .

AP 20TH 1 60 2 . RIL , R F A E . . VE N . AN S CIS P G , Priest , J RN T A IC B U . VE N . H T H OM S , Secular Priest N R E R . VE N . B T AT N O W KI SO , Secular Priest N F RAN A E ’ VE . CIS P G was a lawyer s ‘ clerk o f r at the time his conve sion , which he owed to T the lady to whom he was betrothed . hereupon

h Go d n giving up his eart wholly to , he e tered MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 37

e M the seminary o f the martyrs . H was saying ass in the house of Anne Line o n that Candlemas A D ay on which She was captured . year later he was sold to his enemies by a woman who had once professed herself to be a Catholic , but who subsequently turned to the base business of b e traying priests into the hands of their enemies .

FATH E R TICH B URN H was born at artley ,

H e e n . in H ampshire . was the kinsman o f V

N Tic hb u rn ff icholas , who had su ered in his

e s tead in the August of the previous vear . H had now the happiness of witnessing to Christ with the life which was already burning itself out in a hectic fever .

FATH E R A N N It was W TKI SO who , o n E returning to ngland in weak health , met on f the ollowing day a venerable stranger who , before suddenly disappearing , greeted him with w “ the ords , Jesus bless you , Sir , you seem to be sick and troubled with many in fi rm it ie s but be of good cheer , for within these four days , ” o f . An d f you shall be cured all so it be ell . 38 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE

AP 2 6TH 1 6 2 . RIL , 4 M R AN ARD . N . E D VE W O G , Secular Priest

B F N w as ORN in lintshire , orth Wales , he edu c ate d E D at the nglish College of ouai , and was ordained priest at Salamanca . The last fifteen years of his life were passed F ff in the leet priso n , where he su ered the want o f all things except courage and confidence in

God .

Fo r a though , said he , when death p

ro a c he d p , by nature I am timorous , now have

I no manner of apprehension of halters , knives

m a f or fires , or whatever else I y su fer for a good cause , and gladly would I have many lives if I might lay them all down in the service of so good a Master . H e said to those who came to receive his last blessing—and his cloak was nearly all snipped away for relics Pray that I may die as a

s u Catholic priest , with a con tant h mility and a humble constancy , that no fear may terrify me, n ff either any presumption pu me up . Father Morgan met death with such cheer f l he u ness that a minister reproved him . T Martyr replied Why should anyone be offended at my going to H eaven c he e rfu l l v for ” God loves a cheerful giver . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 39

MAY TH 1 . 4 , 53 5

E E D N H U H N B L S S JOH O G TO , Carthusian

Prior . E E D AU U NE E B E R B L SS G STI W ST , Car

t hu sian Prior .

E E D R B E RT A RE E Ca rthu s B L S S O L W NC ,

ian Prior . B E E D R H ARD RE YN D L SS IC OL S , Priest , i B ridg t t in e .

B E E D H N H A E . L S S JO IL , Secular Priest

B LE S SE D JOH N H OU GH TON was born in

E H e - o f ssex . was the Prior and proto martyr the

London Charterhouse, and was also the proto martyr of the one hundred and five glorious

o f T . 1 Ac t martyrs yburn When, in 535 , the of R the oyal Supremacy was published , he went , together with the Carthusian Priors of B e auval e

Axho l rn e n and , to plead that the mo ks might be held exempt from the Oath , or that it might

fo r be mitigated them , though with one voice they had chosen to die rather than swerve in H their allegiance to the oly See . Thomas Cromwell ’s answer was to send the three Priors

r to the Tower . They we e tried and sentenced to death . Clad in their white habits , and stretched on hurdles , they came to Tyburn as gladly as to B a marriage feast . lessed John H oughton was the first to win his crown . H e was cut down 40 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F IVE w in hile still conscious , and bore the butchery

flic t e d on him with invincible meekness . Good Je su what will Ye do w ith my heart P he cried as it was torn from his breast . B LE SSE D RICH ARD RE YNOLD S was perhaps the most learn ed monk of his time in E . H e ngland , and certainly one of the holiest k A ” was nown to all as the ngel of Sion , a title he won by his saintly life in the B rid git t in e

Monastery of Isleworth . It was felt that the submission of such a man to the King ’s new statutes would act powerfully upon the whole country , and he was put to the test accordingly .

B u t r l this p oject entirely fai ed , his allegiance H to the oly See remained unshaken, and the terrible sufferings of dungeon and gibbet only served to add to the high opinion men had of him . B LE SSE D JOH N H AILE was far advanced in years when he w as brought to trial on the charge of maliciously slandering the King . U nlike some of the Martyrs , he felt the full horror and dread of death , and this circum stance , aggravated by age and sickness , made

t he his end all more admirable , for he never

e ff swerv d , but o ered the sacrifice of his life with as much love and fortit ude as the most light hearted among them .

42 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

f o ff con ess his guilt , ere he died , he pulled his ” cap , showing a smiling countenance Is this ,

o f said he , the countenance a man who dies under so gross a guilt

M 1 1 6 1 AY TH . 9 , 5 R R T . VE N . E E H P T W I G , Priest , S J

H E o f w as was the son poor parents , and born at

N . o f Slipton, in orthamptonshire On the death

' e n t e re d the his father . he service of a country

A R m lawyer . fter making a pilgrimage to o e , he w as received into the novitiat e of the Jesuits in D Ghent . uring the Civil Wars he was sent o n

E w as a Mission to the nglish soldiers , and afterwards chaplain to the Winchester family , with whom he lived until he w as captured by

- D a 1 6 1 . priest catchers on Candlemas y, 5

the ni r On mor ng of his ma tyrdom , hearing a knock at the iron grill , he took it as a summons H from eaven and cried out I come , sweet

w as Jesus , I come . It said by an eyewitness that the B le ssed Father was drawn like a triumphal‘ ” o o vict or t Tyburn . Tw hundred coaches and

five hundred horsemen thronged the way . Many sought his last blessing from their win dows , balconies and carriages , or pressing forward to the hurdle , kissed his hands and cut MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 43

pieces from his garments for relics . Tyburn

fields presented one waving mass , the concourse

. being reckoned to number

’ E - ven in his death agony , the Martyr s coun te a n n c e was seen to be smiling and beautiful .

An d r t 10 as he d ew his las breath , l a little bird on a sudden flew through the forest of

’ javelins , between the gallows and the Martyr s head , and poising its wings seemed to perch there like a sacerdotal crown .

M AY 8 1 82 2 TH . , 5 F D B E E TH MA R E . L SS D O S O , Secular Priest

B E E D R B E RT H N N a L SS O JO SO , Secul r

Priest .

B E E D H N H E RT . L S S JO S , Secular Priest

B E E D TH A F RD E o f L S S OM S O , the first these three Martyrs to enter the sharp , bitter fl D con ict , was born in evonshire and brought

T . No t up at rinity College , Oxford liking the

Protestant religion , he quitted all temporal prospects in order to become a seminary priest . H e was apprehended with Father Campion and with him cast into the Tower . Six months after receiving his death sentence , together with his two companion Martyrs , he was drawn

’ to Tyburn between 6 and 7 o clock on that May . H e esu e su e su morning died praying , j , j , f ,

' e st o m ihz j e sus

B LE SSE D RO B E RT JOH NSON was born in

Shropshire . In his youth he was a servant in a

’ a e gentleman s f mily . H later received H oly

Orders at D ouai . H e w as also one of those con d e m n e d F with ather Campion , and at three ff di erent times was most cruelly racked .

B LE S SE D JOH N S H E RT was born in Ches

H e a hire . was convert, and at one time a noted

o London schoolmaster . Just before his w n exe c u t io n B T F , seeing lessed homas orde hanged 0 T before him , he exclaimed happy homas , happy art thou that thou hast r u n that happy race ' 0 be nedicta anima When forced to look on the last horrors inflicted on the poor mangled body , he repeated these words and was

y n blamed for pra i g to one already dead , and again for asking the help of God ’s Mother and

a d H is Saints . This he declared to be octrine sound and true which he would now sign w ith

‘

. T n his blood he , thanking God for bringing his

a poor servant to so glorious and h ppy a death ,

‘ ' o f h M the last t ese three artyrs won his p alm . MARTYRS OF TYB URN 45

M Y 0 TH 1 8 A 2 . 3 , 5

B E E D A F ILB IE L S S WILLI M , Secular

Priest . B E E D A RE N E R H ARD N L S S L W C IC SO , Secular Priest B E E D TH A TTA L S S OM S CO M , Secular

Priest . B E E D U E RB Y u . L S S L K KI , Sec lar Priest

The first of these four Martyrs was born in

f re Ox ord and made a priest at Rheims . On turning to E ngland he was apprehended with F ather Campion at Lyford Grange . It was more than six months before his sentence was carried

e out . H was drawn to Tyburn with his three companions and , being the youngest , (he was

- about twenty seven years old) , was first taken

’

. ff from the hurdle One of the Sheri s men , standing in the cart with him , said What hast thou there in thy handkerchief P H e found it to be a little cross of wood , which he held up 0 w to the crowd , crying hat a villainous traitor is this that b ath a cross

B LE SSE D LAWRE NCE RICH ARD SON laboured with great fruit in Lancashire , his R native country . epeatedly pressed by Top cliffe and the Protestant ministers p resent at his execution to renounce the Pope in order to 46 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FIVE

’ obtain the Queen s pardo n , he bore all their endeavours with cheerfulness and remained u n m o ve d

B E E D TH A TTA L S S OM S CO M , when told he was to die o n the morrow , unable to contain his joy , went to the window , crying

w - Give God thanks ith me , for to morrow is

At T as fa my day l yburn , being placed so to ce

he his companions , prayed Lord Jesus , have h mercy upo n t em Lord , give me co n

st a n c . 0 D l u ra y to the end omine , tu p pro me passus es H e and B LE S SE D LU KE KI RB Y both suffered the torture known as the Scav

’ ” enger s D aughter . This was probably the name given to the h 00 p of iron into which those con de m n e d were thrust , their bodies being fright fully crushed in it by the tightening of a large

sc re vv .

M 1 2 AY OTH 6 1 . 3 ,

VE N . A AURU T WILLI M M S S CO , Priest ,

O . S . B .

VE N . R H ARD NE RT IC WPO , Secular Priest .

ON Whitsun E ve they laid down their lives for ’ ” o e u G d s honour and the t stimony of the tr th .

B M r s oth a tyrs had been banished several time , and had returned to E ngland each time at the MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 47

A AU R VE N . U peril of their lives . WILLI M M S

SCOT joined the Order o f St . B enedict in E Spain , and was one of the first nglish monks

e d r o f the Congregation o f Valladolid . H esi ed to

o r o f g to his marty dom in the habit his Order , but this co nsolation was denied him . H is com

a N R ARD E RT VE . H N p nion , IC WPO , had been ordained at Rome and was a native of

Northampto n shire . H is labours in the mission f field bore much ruit , and therefore his speedy arrest and condemnatio n seemed all the more

o f desirable to the enemies the Church . The bodies of these two Co nfessors o f the F aith we re rescued and conveyed at night to the

D o fi a house of Luisa de Carvajal , who had already paid the last honou rs to the relics o f

he other Martyrs . T protection of the Spanish E mbassy enabled this brave woman to spend

the herself in ministering to needs , both spiritual E and corporal , of Catholics in ngland , the d country of her a option , which she loved with a d evotion inspired and maintained by God f H imsel . ND FIVE 48 TH E ONE H UND RE D A

E I 1 1 . JUN ST, 57

H N T RE Y . B LE SSE D JO S O , Layman

H E belonged to a Northumberland family , and

e was connected with that of the Selbys . H was i a distingu shed lawyer , and had held important

Government positions , but his fidelity to the

True Faith exposed him to considerable danger , and fo r the sake of peace of conscience he settled

e in Flanders . H soon regretted that for want of greater courage he had deliberately deprived

O himself of martyrdom , and his friends pposing t E f his desire to re urn to ngland , he gave himsel up to a life of prayer and penance until poverty and t he increasing number of his exiled family compelled him to enter the service of the D uke of Al va . It was o n the pretext of aiding him in f his of ice , which was that of preventing the

‘ a E export of heretic l books to ngland , that he was lured on board a trader at Ant werp . As soo n as he was below , the hatches were closed and all

fo r Y F sails set armouth . rom thence he was T carried to London and imprisoned in the ower , .

e where he had been confined once before . H w as e now very old and infirm . H was t ried

o f fo r m f on a charge treason and co orting traitors ,

. At T and without proof was found guilty yburn, with the rope round his neck , he made a long

5 0 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE news that he was to be racked or have more iron chains laid on him , he rewarded the bearer of the tidings to the best of his power . When

B . lessed J Storey was about to be executed , F ff ather Woodhouse o ered his life in his stead .

Af m ter an imprison ent of eleven years , he received sentence of death . On the way back to N ewgate from the Guildhall , when one struck him rudely on the face , he said Would to God I might for thee suffer te n times as much that thou mightest go free for the blow thou hast given me . I forgive thee and f pray God to orgive thee , even as I would be forgiven .

At T b u r n ff y , when the Sheri told him there was yet time to repent , and ordered him to ask

a c p rdon of God the Queen , and the ountry , he answered

Na a n y, I , on the part of God , dem d of you

r and the Queen that you ask pa don of God , and of Mother Church , because , contrary to the truth , you have resisted Christ the Lord , and ”

H is V . the Pope , icar on earth MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 5 1

1 TH 1 . JUNE 9 , 5 35 B E E D A E XME W L SS WILLI M , Carthusian

Priest . B E E D U H RE Y M ID D LE MORE L S S H MP ,

Carthusian Priest . B E E D E B A T E N NE D ATE L S S S S I W IG ,

Carthusian Priest .

THESE three young Carthusian Monks were of

he i . T noble birth , and of g reat piety and learn ng

first was Vicar of the Lond on Charterhouse , B LE S SE D H UMPH RE Y M ID D LE MORE w as Procurator he belonged to an ancient Warwick B E D N NE W shire family . L SSE SE B ASTIE D IG ATE was the son of the Lord of H are fi e l d

. H e Manor , Middlesex was reared at the Court of the King , and later , when confined in the T H V i Marshalsea and the ower , enry III v sited him in the hope of winning him over . Within a few weeks after the martyrdom of B H their Prior , lessed John oughton , they were all th ree seiz ed for refusing to take the Oath of

n the Royal Supremacy . They were cast i to a

d u s dark and filthy ngeon in the Marshal ea Prison , and for a fortnight were bound in an upright position to posts or columns by iron chains fastened round their necks and legs . It being

’ supposed they would now submit to the Kin g s

w a will , they ere t ken separately to be examined 5 2 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F IVE

t before the Council , and the Oa h was again proffered to them . With unswerving courage each one refused to act in any way contrary to the laws and traditio n s of H oly Church . They were thereupon found guilty and sentenced to a be hanged , drawn and qu rtered as traitors . They went forth from the Council with glad hearts and faces , rejoicing to be accounted worthy to suffer for the Name of Jesus . Their desire to receive H oly Communion before they died was denied them .

20 TH 1 6 . JUNE , 79 A D VE N . TH H TE B RE A OM S W I , Provincial

s . J . N FE N . VE N . H S JO WICK , Priest , J

VE N AM H AR U RT S . . . WILLI CO , Priest , I

VE N . N . H AVAN S . JO G , Priest , J VE N AN NY R R . T TU NE S . O , Priest , J

SOON after VE N . TH OMAS WH ITE B RE AD had been elected Provincial of the Society of E Jesus , in ngland , he made a visitation to his

t he brethren at Liege , and preached to them at

’ renovation of their Vows on St . James D ay on the text Po t e st is bibere c a lic e m quem ego b i i u r i u i b t u s sum D c n t c possumus . It was as if he had already foreseen the storm of perse c u t io n that b roke out two months later at the MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 5 3

instigation of Oates and his associates . Father Whitebre ad was labouring under a severe illness when he was apprehended on the charge of being concerned in the imaginary Plot , and imprisoned and loaded with chains .

V A D E E N . H N FE N JO WICK , or C L W LL , one of his four companions who shared his im

a prisonment , tri l and martyrdom , had been dis owned by his family on becoming a convert . H e was procu rator for his breth ren and a most

’ diligent toiler in Christ s vineyard .

VE N A AR R . WILLI M H COU T had worked

w as upon the Mission 3 5 years , and seventy

e two years of age . H was rector of London at the time he met the glorious fate for which he h a F d daily prayed . It was on a riday the five Jesuits gained their Calvary and the joys of

Paradise .

Y N . N VE N . JOH N GAVA and VE N ANTO TURNE R both laboured with great zeal and E success on the nglish mission , the one for a

o f period eight years , the other for eighteen

w as years , most of which time passed in Wor

e r h re c e st s i . 54 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

2 RD 1 2 . JUNE 3 , 59

VE N ROB E RT R E R A H N A , or OG S TO , Lay

man .

TH E r o f bi thplace this Martyr was Croston , in

H e Lancashire . was martyred at Tyburn for procuring a d isp e n sat io n fro m Rome to marry l w his second cousin , thereby ackno ledging the authority o f the H oly Apostolic Se e in all matters

Spiritual .

2 RD 1 60 8. JUNE 3 , T MA ARNE T VE N . H O S G , Priest ,

H IS father dedicated him to God from his

’ e birth . H studied at St . Omer s and later at V alladolid , where he was made priest and from E whence he was sent on the nglish mission . H e was soo n apprehended on suspicion of being implicated in the Gunpowder Plot , and com m it te d T to the ower where , for many months , he

b e d had no other than the bare ground , whereby

H e he contracted severe sciatica . had long desired

e to enter the Society of Jesus , and the sentenc of banishment now gave him the opportunity of making his novitiate at Louvain . On return ing from beyond the seas , contrary to the penal statute , he was betrayed by an apostate priest . H is frie n ds urged him to try to escape from MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 55

prison , and suggested some oppo rtunities , but a more persuasive voice spoke in his heart , say

' “ ” o e re 4 D o ing N l z f ug not run away . H ence forth his one fear was lest he should be deprived of the crown o f martyrdom which he won at

is ‘ the age of 34 . H last words were tho se o f the ”

V s d it a n s ut t u ra . eni Creator , ermone g

T 1 6 28 H . JUNE , 54 N H UTH RT VE . H JO N SO WO , Secular Priest .

H E was born in Lancashire and was a yo u n ge r son E of an ancient and once wealthy family . ducated

D he at ouai , became an alumnus and priest of

is that H ouse . H missionary labours were at first A in his native county . fter some years he was taken and condemned , but was reprieved and B kept a close prisoner in Lancaster Castle . eing at length released through the influence of Queen H enrietta Maria , he continued his devoted

w as labours , but apprehended for the third time by a pursuiva nt and carried off from his bed at

e At night . H was then 7 2 years old . his trial he

a s refused to deny th t he was a prie t , though the Court assured him that if he did so his life h would be spared , for t ey were most reluctant

he to pass judgement against him . T magistrate is said to have been so overcome by tears that 5 6 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F IVE it was long before he could pronounce the sen tence which he professed the law compelled him to give . h M In t under , lightning and rain , the artyr was T brought to yburn , but the storm did not prevent many thousands of people , many in coaches or on horseback , from being present .

his F r In last speech , ather Southwo th said , when

’ quoting Our Lord s words Q ui Uul t ve n ire

’ to l l a t sua m a i se ua t r ast m e . u m e p q , this

as H is gallows I look on Cross , which I gladly ” take up to follow mv dear Saviour .

1 6 0 TH 6 . JUNE 3 , 4 E O . S . B . VE N . H P ILIP POW L , Priest ,

H e B s o was of princely race , of riti h blo d , No r yet the twentieth part so great as good

. his hand s to every poor o h M st open till t ey blushed to ask for more , a Most temper te , and most constant to his ” Christ .

H E B was born in recknockshire , and began his

o st udies in Abergave n ny . When sixteen years ld he came to Lo ndon to study law under F ather A B u gustine aker , but being sent o n business to D ouai , he found his true vocation , and received

B . the habit of St . enedict On returning to

E o ngland after his ordination , he lab ured for

58 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

- ill treatment , which only ended with his death on the gibbet . The most inhuman of the tor tures In flic t e d on him was his confinement in a pair of stocks so contrived that his body could find no relief either by standing upright or

‘ The lying down . darkness and filth of the dungeon whe re he was placed added to his sufferings . B efore his trial he had the consolation of recon c il in g to God two from among a gang of felons who were also awaiting the death sentence . When F ather Maxfi e l d was brought to the place of sacrifice , whither he was accompanied by a d multitu e on horse and foot , the gallows were found to be adorned with garlands of fragrant fl owers , and the ground strewn with sweet smelling herbs and branches of bay and laurel .

TheMartyr , feeble and emaciated by eight months o f t confinement and tor ure , but no less cheerful than he had ever been hitherto , rejoiced to be a member of that blessed house of D ouai that hath afforded our poor barren country so much ” good and happy seed . H is remains were thrown into a pit u nder

fifteen other bodies , two of which were those of

a T felons executed month before . his, however , did not deter his devoted friend s of the Spanish E mbassy from comin g by night to rescue his l m ang ed body .

15 1m m are they that suffer {p ersecution

. l e t b l a n k e t im a e o f a l l th e re ID ' iv “ , p r t o t e 3 re l an o , se e kin g b is b unt e o she e p n h o n a in =si0e c o nfirm e t b he i t a in in m u t , t r t g

s o ul s with t he c hrism o f sa l va tio n . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 5 9

I 1 681 . JULY ST ,

E N E R U E T A V . V N OLI PL K , rchbishop of

Armagh .

TH E last victim of the Popish Plot was , in

R . Fo r his boyhood , sent to ome to be educated some time he lived with the Fathers of the

Se c A a Oratory ' subsequently , on the of rm gh H F falling vacant , the oly ather appointed him

A n rchbishop , and Plu ket gladly returned to

’ his country , lately devastated by Cromwell s

. H e hordes ordained clergy , put down abuses , built schoo ls and administered confirmation to thousands in the woods and on the mountains .

H e was often forced to go in disguise , and the

o episcopal palace of the successor f St . Patrick was no more than a thatched cottage . When

u f ' a t the persec tion broke out a resh , the insti

atio n T g of itus Oates , much of his work was undone, and he was delivered to his enemies f by apostate priests , who afterwards bore alse

. H e to witness against him was sent London , and after eighteen months in prison underwent

e a mos t unjust trial . H received the death sen tenc e with a joyous D e o gratias . H is last days we re spent in earnest but tranquil prepar

r H is ation for the final sac ifice . devoted friend

o F and c nfessor , ather Corker , wrote of him , 60 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE that his joy seemed to increase with his danger and was fu lly accomplished by an assurance

The - of death . saintly white haired Primate o f all Ireland was drawn to Tyburn in his ponti

fi c al robes , and laid down his life for his sheep

with a courage fearless of death .

6 TH 1 8 . JULY , 5 5 VE N A ALFIE LD . H T OM S , Secular Priest . VE N TH A E B E Y . OM S W L , Layman .

H A ALFIE LD VE N . T OM S was bo rn in

. H e R Gloucester was ordained at heims , and after his return to the E nglish Mission he found means to import into the kingdom some copies A ’ A E of D r . llen s Modest nswer to the nglish ” T i Persecutors . h s was in reply to a book sup

H e posed to ave been written by C cil , Lord

r Treasu er , in which he attempted to falsely persuade the world that the Catholics who had

’ suffered in E ngland since the Que en s accession ff b Ut to the throne , had not su ered for religion 0 fo r treason .

’ Al fi e l d D r A Father circulated . llen s An

o TH A E B E Y sw rs by the help of OM S W L ,

B r a dyer . oth priest and layman we e soon called to account for the part they had taken , and were m ost cruelly tortured in t he attempt to make MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 6 1 them reveal the names of the persons to whom T the books had bee n distributed . hey were brought to trial an d suffered at Tyburn on the B day following their condemnation . oth had their l ive s offered to them if they would renounce the Pope and acknowledge Q ueen E lizabeth to be the head of the Church . They cheerfully chose martyrdom rather than listen to such conditions .

1 TH 1 6 . JULY 4 , 79 R AR AN H RNE H n . VE N . IC D L G O , Layma A BARRISTER and a zealous Catholic , Langhorne was one of the first victims of Titus Oates and d his associates , being impeache by them as a ringleader in their pretended plot , and especially A as conspiring to kill the King . fter more than ’ N eight months close imprisonment in ewgate , d he was trie , and false witnesses having been

w as F called , he condemned with ather White E bread , the nglish Provincial , and the other F four Jesuit athers who were his companions .

H e ff T declared on the sca old at yburn , that

an d not only a pardon , but many preferments

' estat es had been o fle re d to him if he would for

r sake his eligion . As the hangman was placing the rope round

a d his neck , he took it into his hands n kissed it . 6 2 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

s B s Cros ing himself, he prayed lessed Je us ,

n Th i to y hands I commend my soul and spirit ,

a now at this instant t ke me into Paradise . I am ” desirous to be with my Jesus .

26TH 1 6 1 JULY , 4 .

VE N . A ARD WILLI M W , Secular Priest .

H IS real name was Webster , and he was born

T . At at hornley , in Westmoreland the time of his martyrdom he was eighty years old , and was the first priestly victim of the Long Parliament . H e had toiled twelve years on the E nglish Mission and had spent nearly double that time in various

e . prisons . H was also banished several times On first landing on the coast of Scotland on

D r his return from ouai , he was th ust into a totally dark underground dungeon for three F T years . ather Ward belonged to the hird Order

o f . F St rancis , and was a great lover of poverty , and austere both towards himself and towards those he directed , by whom , however , he was

e much loved . H had always had a great de vo io B s d t n to the Mother of Our les ed La y , inviting all his penitents who bore her name to join him in keeping her solemn feast . It was on

’ o f St . An ne s Day that he obtained the favour

o laying down his life f r Christ . On that morning

o h e w o n e of his friends br ught im a n coat .

The day before he offered the sacrifice of his f t t li e , he wro e to his bro her I pray you be careful for my parents . my prayers shall

’ not be wanting to aid you by God s grace . Give thanks to God fo r a ll that H e hath sent ' cast not yourself into dangers wilfully , but pray to

Go d ff , when occasion is o ered , you may take it

t c e wi h patien e . Th comforts at the present moment are unspeakable , the dignity too high B for a sinner , but God is merciful . estow my things you find ungiven away upon my poor H kinsfolk . ave me commended to my friends , let them think I will not forget them .

The day and hour of my birth is at hand .

i the In the angu sh of a most cruel death , Martyr was heard to cry 0 happy day

A G TH 1 0 . U UST 4 , 54 B E E D AM H RNE L SS WILLI O , Carthusian

Lay B rother . D U D B RI D LM VE N . E N N H O u M , Sec lar

Priest .

VE . E E NT N H T m . CL M P ILPO , Lay an

B LE S SE D WILLIAM H ORNE was one o f the ten Carthusians o f the London Charterhouse ’ S who , on refusing to ign the Oath of the King s N supremacy , were dragged to ewgate and there MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 65

treated with inhuman cruelty . H e and his com D panions , three Priests , one eacon , and five B Lay rothers , were rivetted by means of heavy fetters fastened to their necks and legs , to the walls and columns of their dungeon . Their hands were bound behind them , and they were F thus left to perish of starvation . rom this fate they we re saved for a time by the courageous charity of B lessed Thomas More ’s adopted daughter , Margaret Clement , who came to minister to and feed them at the risk of her life . i When she could do th s no longer , the valiant confessors laid down their l ives one by one till

a William H orne lone survived . Some time later he was taken from prison to Tyburn there to consummate his sacrifice and share his triumph with Father B RIND H OLM and CLE ME NT

e PH ILPOT . H was the last of the fifteen sons B H l of lessed John oughton , who fol owed him along the road t o martyrdom . 66 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

A T 1 60 1 G 2 H . U UST 4 ,

N IC . VE N . H A T H B OU RNE IC OL S , Layman

VE N A ACK . . TH H SH OT OM S , Layman V N N A C B U RNE E . ICH OL S TI H O was

H H . H e born at artley , in ampshire was related

Ve n . T Tic hb o u rn e to homas , Priest , martyred

T F Tic hb o u rn e w at yburn a year later . ather o ed this extra time of his apostolate to the self sa c rifi c in g devotion of his kinsman and ofThomas

H a c ksh o t i s , who laid down the r live in his stead , being condemned for having assisted in rescuing him .

T A H ACKSH OT VE N . H OM S was born at

”

B . H is Mursley , in uckinghamshire part in the matter was this Knowing that the holy prisoner was to be conducted through a certain street by

a single keeper , he awaited their coming , and knocking down the officer , gave the priest the

O B pportunity to escape . eing less careful of his

w as own safety , he seized and cast into the dungeon which the priest had just vacated .

T a t here he endured diverse torments , till length he was brought to trial and sentenced to die for the same cause o f Christian charity with

b o u r Nicholas Tic h n e . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 67

A G 0 TH 1 88 . U UST 3 , 5 E R RD . VE N . H A H IC L IG , Secular Priest D ARD E E Y . VE N . E H W S LL , Layman

R RD MAR N . VE N . H A T m IC I , Lay an R RD E R E N . F V H A W . IC LO , Layman

N N R . VE . H H E JO OC , Layman AR ARE T ARD VE N . M G W , Gentlewoman .

R E VE N . . L IGH was martyred for the sole

a cause of his priesthood , and his comp nions either for being reco nciled to the Church or for assisting and relieving priests .

It was for this latter offence that M ARGARE T

WARD was condemned . H earing that Father Watson was suffering cruel torments in B ride well , where no one ventured to succour him , she

’ s i found mean , by making friends with the ja lor s wife , to give him food and finally procured him a rope by which he made his escape . She was at once apprehended , imprisoned and loaded with irons . She was moreover hung by

a ll the hands and cruelly scourged , of which sufferings she accepted as preludes to the martyrdom by which she hoped wi th the grace

o f . God to be honoured When brought to trial , she said that never in her life had she done any

o f h fo r thing w ich she repented less , that death

a d such a cause would be very welcom e to her , n l that she was willing to lay down not one life on y,

but many if she had them . She showed to the

end an unswerving cons tancy .

6 P TH 1 . SE TEMBER 7 , 44

VE N RA RB Y S . . . H LP CO , Priest , J

VE N D U E TT . N . H JO CK , Secular Priest

H D RA H RB Y W ILE yet a student at ouai , LP CO w as much given to mental prayer , passing long nights in heavenly communications . H e he

a longed to a very religious family . H is f ther and

his two brothers became Jesuits , and mother and two sisters entered the Order of St . B enedict .

’ In the second year after Ralph Corby s return

E w av t to ngland , when on his to bap ize two

d was r chil ren , he captured by some Pa liament soldiers and committed to prison on account o f h is priesthood . H e was sent to London to be tried at the same time as John D uckett .

a VE N . JOH N D UCKE TT w s born at Under w Y ‘ 1 6 1 inder, in orkshire , in 3 , and was made

as F priest in 1 639 . It w on the east of the Visi t atio n w as of Our Lady that he apprehended .

H e was F taken to London , together with ather

t wo f Corby , and the con essors , having been condemned , were taken back to prison to wait fo r that blessed a n d happy Saturday which is MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 69

V H r a the igil of e glorious n tivity . When hopes were given that the life of one of them might be w ff saved , neither was illing to accept the o er at

Ve n . D the expense of the other . John uckett had often testified that ever sinc e he was a priest he did much fear to live but nothing fe a r ” A . T to die rrived at yburn , the Martyrs em braced each other and kisse d the rope and l gal ows , dying most joyft for the love of their

Saviour and for the cause of their religion . John

w as R o - Duckett thirty , and alph C rby forty six years of age .

8TH 1 86 . OCTOBER , 5

N D A A . VE N . H JO M S , Secular Priest

N E . VE N . H JO LOW , Secular Priest V R ARD D IB D ALE E N . H . IC , Secular Priest

THESE three Martyrs were condemned and suffered martyrdom by reaso n of their priestly character and for exercising their sacred func

The r D . tions . fi st was born in orsetshire

N E . H e VE N . JOH LOW was a Londoner was a convert and had been a Protestant Minister .

N R AR D IB D ALE VE . ICH D was born in

e f Worcestershire . H practised the o fice of an

a d exorcist, n delivered and reconciled to the 70 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

fo r Church many possessed persons who , by k sa ing their religion , had fallen into the power

E e of the vil One . H forced the devils to confess to their confusion the virtue which is contained H in the Sign of the Cross , oly Water , and the relics , both of the ancient saints and of the Mar tyrs who suffered in E ngland in those days for t he Catholic Faith .

1 2TH 1 6 2 . OCTOBER , 4

VE N . TH OMAS (JOH N B APTIST) B U LL E R A . F O . M . K , Priest ,

H E 1 60 . was born at Chichester , in Sussex , in 4

H is life was given to God from the first . At the age of eighteen he obtained p e r m rssro n from

e his father to become a missionary priest . H is described as a tall , handsome youth , grave , m odest and remarkably like the pictures of Our

Lo rd . After studying for a short time at a Jesuit

V B u l l ake r College , at alladolid , became con vin c e d that his vocation lay rather in the Order

F . e of St . rancis H was ordained in time as a

F a ranciscan priest , and soo n fter he begged a

o ff B secular dress and set on foot to ordeaux ,

e b landing in E ngland without a penny . H la oured and endured many hardships on the mission

t he for eleven years , and was finally seized , by

7 2 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE

D w c ominican , and , ith a fearless countenan e , V i met his end praying O thou glorious irg n ,

Mother of Our God and Saviour , pray to thy ” Son Jesus Christ to receive my soul .

e H was hanged , and while still alive his limbs were cut asunder .

H is F V judge , alkland , iceroy of Ireland , ff t su ered the penal y of the unjust sentence , as he himself was led to acknowledge when his

r leg was broken in an extraordina y way .

Af t the er martyrdom , an enquiry was held at the wish of Queen H enrietta Maria . the result of which was that Charles I caused it placards to be posted , on which was stated that Father M c Ge o gh a n had been unjustly d accuse and condemned , and those responsible for the crime were held up to scorn .

D I 1 1 8 . ECEMBER ST , 5

B E E E D UND A N r L SS D M C MPIO , P iest ,

S . J . B E E D RA H E R N H e . L SS LP S WI , Secular Pri st B E E D A E XAND E R B R ANT § L SS L I , Prie t ,

S '. A PLAY on the name of the fi rst of these Martyrs — ’ describe d exactly what he was the Pope s

N is . h C(h)ampion othing could daunt valour , w neither promises of orldly gain , the basest MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 73

calumny , public ridicule , the exquisite torture

of the rack , none of these things , which were in

turn applied to break his spirit , succeeded . It is true he had consented to be made a deacon

a f fter the new manner when he was at Ox ord , but his repentance for this momentary weak ness was so strong that it won for him his vocation to the Priesthood in the Society of

Jesus , and was a powerful incentive to be true F to the aith ever after . It was in accordance

’ D e with r . Allan s advice that b embraced the

perilous mission of r e - evangelising his own

country , and it was by a series of hairbreadth escapes that he carried fo rward an apostolate of i marvellous fruit fulness . H s natural gifts stoo d him in good stead ' he had the wit and elo qu e n c e that had led to his fall in the days when

’ he cared for a Queen s praise now b e devoted

al l H l his talents to the eaven y Master , hoping for no sweeter reward than that which w as granted

- ff to him at the age of forty two . Af ter su ering such cr uel torments in prison that it was feared the rack - men had gone too far and the gallows

n e ve rthe would be deprived of a prey , he was le ss found in a state of calm cheerfulness on the

day of execution . B E E D RA H When his turn came , L SS LP SH E RWIN kissed with great devotion the blood

F 74 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FI VE of E dmund Campion dripping from the hands of the executioners . Like Campion , it was asked of him very expressly whom he meant when he

e prayed for and forgave the Qu een . H replied

Ye a E , for lizabeth Queen I now at this instant pray my Lord God H e died with the

his ' cry on lips Jesu , Jesu , Jesu , be to me a ” Jesus .

E E D A E R The B L SS L XAND E B RIANT .

e third of these Priests , who the night b fore had

’ s im heard one another s confession in prison , mediately followed the other two on the fatal

is cart . H martyrdom was even more cruel owing to the negligence of the hangman , and also to

' e flo rts the i nhuman of those who , when he was in his last extremity , endeavoured to make him

w o f reca nt . Again the question as put What the sovereignty of t he Queen ' H e declared that being a true Catholic he fully accepted t he B V ull of Pius , by which the Queen was

e formally excommunicated . H then began the Miserere and yielded up his soul to God ” after long torm ents . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN

D RD 1 6 8. ECEMBER 3 , 7

VE E AN . N . E D ARD W COL M , Layman

’ H E was a minister s son , and was born in A Suffolk and educa ted at Cambridge . fterwards

he D o f he became a zealous co nvert . T uchess Y ork made him her secretary , and he was thus enabled to procure more liberty of conscience for Catholics and to stand them in good stead At T in many ways . the outbreak of the itus

Pére Oates Plot , some letters he had written to F ’ f La Chaise , the rench King s con essor , were seized , and he was brought to trial charged with

’ r e plotting against the King s life , raising eb llion B in Ireland , etc . Oates and edloe further de e lat ed he had received a commission from the General of the Jesuits to be secretary of

State . When it was objected that there were many contradictions in his evidence , Oates complained that he had undergone great fatigue for two days and two nights in the pursuit after

a n d Jesuits , this had so exhausted him that he did not know what he said . E dward Coleman denied all that was sworn w against him , protesting his innocence ith his

H e last breath . died having done all in his power to help the cause of religion . 76 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

D TH 1 6 1 2 . ECEMBER 5 ,

N D VE . N A N H . JO LMO , Secular Priest

H E A was born at llerton , near Liverpool , and made his theological st udies at Rheims and

R E . B ome , returning to ngland a priest eing condemned for this cause , he was drawn from Newgate to Tyburn bet ween seven and eight ’ D t h 1 6 1 2 . o clock in the morning on ecember 5 , H is first act at the place of execution was to take o ff his hat and bless Go d with a loud voice for holding him worthy to die for H is Name and

e ff H is Glory . H then turned to the Sheri and asked him simply W hat he was to do . H e was told to get into the cart standing under the T d ifli l t Tree . his he did with c u y owing to the ill - treatment he had received and his long im

e h prisonment . H t en told the bystanders how

’ he had come there to die for Christ s cause , and ho w glad and willing he was to lose his life for

H is honour , regretting nothing but that he had no more lives to lose nor more blood to shed for

e his blessed Redeemer . H placed all his hop es

n H e in God , co fident that would strengthen

i t Fa him with H s power . A no time did ther Almond show signs of fear or faint - hea rtedness h e possessed to the end the same smiling se renity with which he had set out on the hurdle . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 77

H e de si red the executioner to make kno wn to him when the cart was to be drawn away that he might die with the sweet Name of Jesus on his lips .

The B Protestant ishop of London , who was

’ one of the chief promoters of the Martyr s

c condemnation , is believed to have re eived the grace to die in the communion of the H oly

Catholic Church .

D 1 0 TH 1 1 . ECEMBER , 59 E N P L D OR PLASD E N . VE . O Y , Secular Priest

E U TA E . VE N . H TE S C W I , Secular Priest

YD NE Y D N . VE N . H S O SO , Layman

VE RYAN A E Y . N . B L C , Layman

VE N N A N . . H JO M SO , Layman

B G T t w o EIN brought to yburn , the priests were the first to yield up their lives . They had all been capt ured at the Mass said by Father

Ve n . n Gennings in the house of Swithi Wells , who with Father Ge n u in gs was martyred at

’ Gray s Inn Fields . At T w yburn , hen pressed by specious ques tions as to whether he would defend the Queen

POLYD ORE PLASD E N t e against the Pope ,

' i o plied I am a Catholic pr est , theref re I would never fight , nor counsel others to fight 78 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F IVE

against my religion , for that we re to deny my ”

. 0 faith Christ , said he , looking up to heaven , and kissing the rope I will never deny Thee

e for a thousand lives . H was thereupon hanged as a traitor .

FATH E R H TE W I , who was the next to f d w follow him , had already suf ere much hile In B ridewell under the power of the inhuman T ff opcli e , being once hung by the hands in iron manacles for eight hours in t he effort to induce him to reveal the names o f those in whose houses

. No r w he had said Mass tortu e , ho ever , could h w wring from him any ot er ords than Lord , T ” more pain if hou pleasest and more patience .

N YD D B R VE . NE Y H N YAN A E Y S O SO , L C H N A N and JO M SO , the three laymen , who were their companions , were martyred for having assisted and defended priests .

D 1 1 1 0 TH 6 0 . ECEMBER , R E R E N . N B V H T . B . O S . JO O S , Priest , VE N TH A E R . OM S SOM S , Secular Priest . E R VE N . JOH N ROB TS was born i n Merion e thshire in Wales , and received his education i R abroad , pass ng successively from heims to R ome and thence to Spain , where he entered the Order of St . B enedict . H is apostolic z eal and

D College at ouai , and when the oppo rtunity occu rred he himself went to D ouai and in due

r time became a missiona y priest . In this capacity his work in E ngland lasted but four years .

D I 1 1 6 . ECEMBER TH , 43 N AR F VE . TH UR RAN B E ( CIS) LL , Priest ,

E . M O . .

H E was born near Worcester , and received his early education almo st entirely from his mother . At the age of 24 he left E ngland to study for the

t he priesthood . It w as during the time of Civil F B Wars that ather ell , after labouring on the

w as Mission for nine years , apprehended by the Parliament soldiers on suspicion of being a

S T p y. hey searched him and found among other

f o f . papers , a orm for blessing the cord St

F H e rancis , and this they imagined was a spell . w as stripped of sword , money and clothes , and

’ clad in an old tattered soldier s co at , and thus carried o n horseback to London as an object of derision in every town and village through which he passed . Father B ell had been in Newgate twenty - four hours when he received a letter telling him of his election as Guardian of the Convent at ffi Douai , which o ce had been vacant since the

o martyrdom f Father H eath . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 81

At his trial he retu rned hearty thanks to his

u r ' acc se s , saying I shall most willingly and with the greatest joy die with Christ and H is A postles and Martyrs , my cause being the same

H is as theirs . face bore witness to the sweet ness and se renity of his soul . On coming to Tyburn he said No w I see verified in me ” f t T B u ll ake r what was ore old by happy homas , fo r that Mart yr had said before winning his own crown a year a go God will have me to go l ” first , but you shall soon fo low me . F ather B ell was left to hang for the space of a U Miserere . nder his secular coat was found

o f the habit his Order .

E 1 2TH 1 6 2 . DEC MBER , 4

VE N D . TH A H AN S . . OM S OLL , Priest, I

H E was born in Lancashire , and sent over while

E . still very young, to the nglish College at St ’ V Omer s , and from thence to alladolid , being

n Fo r fi ally ordained priest at Liege . some time he was minister at the house of the Jesuits at Af Ghent . ter he had pronounced his vows , he was sent upon the Mission in the hope that the change would restore his health . A strict search for priests was being made at 82 MAR TYRS OF TYB URN

was the time , and he forced to lie in close con

fi n e m e n t the , scarcely venturing to walk in U garden of the house that sheltered him . nder cover of darkness and disguise , he contrived to serve many souls , especially among the poor . At length he was apprehended and sentenced

D e o to die , to which he calmly responded ” Gratias . At Tyburn he heartily thanked God for being th e first of the So ciety of Jesus to be c ondemned

H e to death under that Parliament . yielded up his life praying for the royal family , the parlia ment , and the whole nation , for whose pros ” e rit F p y and conversion to the Catholic aith , “ as a s he said , if I had many lives there are hairs on my head , drops of water in the ocean ,

fi rm am e n t or stars in the , I would most willingly ” sacrifice them all . These words were greeted

r with a shout of applause f om the crowd . Of the Martyr ’s character it is said that he had extraordinary talents for promoting the

G o d greater glory of , and that he made an extra ” ordinary use o f them . SMALL GU ID E FOR A VI SIT TO TH E O RATORY OF TH E E NGLI SH MARTYRS

E NE ATH the Chapel of Perpetual E x positio n a t Tyburn Convent is the Oratory

E M a rt rs t he of the nglish y , memorial shrine of one hundred and five priests , religious , lay men and women , who laid down their lives at l F Tyburn in defence of the Catho ic aith . The Oratory is found o n the le ft on entering the hall . Visitors are admitted on applying to

in the portress , and may thus make a closer sp e c t io n of the reredos and the paintings than is possible through the grilled door . The precious contents of the reliquaries on the walls T especially invite examination . hey are the chief treasure of this little shrine , and explain its

w s existence . Gratitude to ards tho e whom they recall has inspired several anonymous bene factors to complete what the Nuns had begun ff in coming to Tyburn . They accordingly o ered to decorate the Oratory - in honour o f the Martyrs who shed their blood within a few yards ff of this very spot , and one of the first e ects of 84 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND F I VE their undertaking was the erection over the altar of a

RE A OF TYB U RN A PLI C G LLOWS .

On t he beams of the gallows are inscribe d “

Ve n . H H the last words of enry eath Jesus , convert E ngland Jesus have mercy on this country (now the daily prayer of the Guild of

R s B l . Our Lady of an om) , and the dying cry of Thomas Forde and o ther V ictims of the Triple T ree Jesu , Jesu , Jesu , esto mihi , Jesus

Two (Jesus , Jesus , Jesus , be to me a Jesus relics of Father H eath will be found encased on the walls .

At the A o ff back of the ltar , setting the

o Gallows , hangs a curtain embr idered with palms and crowns , above which are emblazoned

A m s o f E the r ngland , Scotland , Wales , Ireland ,

Oxford and Cambridge . It is the work of the boys

’ Ar s of St . Joseph s School of t and Crafts at the

B enedictine Abbey o f Maredsous . B y them were also wrought the S IX j ewelled lamps that ” s T T i h a ng from the beam of yburn ree , wh le an example of their skill in carving is shewn in d the oaken rere os . MAR TYR S OF TYB URN 85

RE D RE OS . It c ont ains seven exquisite statuettes rept e

u n M senting Our Lady, Q ee of artyrs , and six of a the principal B e ti who died at Tyburn . They have been chosen as typical of the various classes and orders found in their ranks . Ta king the

figures in order , starting from the left , they are , A D VE N . TH H E R first that of OM S S WOO , a young layman cruelly tortured before his e xe c u

E l The tion during the izabethan persecution . Order of the Privy Council still exists by which he was o fli c iall y consigned to the dungeon among the rats in the Tower of London A H arrison insworth , it will be remembered , describes this place of torment in his novel The — To we r of Lo n do n he stands tied to a post while two great rats tear his flesh . The next figure is that of B LE S SE D E D

UND A N S . . M C MPIO , J , writing his famous

e c e m Ra tio n e s book , D , with which he shook first

a . H e ff Oxford , and then all the re lm su ered uns peaka ble torments in prison before rack gave k T place to rope and nife , and yburn ended his

H e w as t he martyrdom . famous for sanctity of

f a n d his li e , his wit the sweetness of his dis position . The third figure is that o f the Proto - martyr B E E D H N H U H T N L SS JO O G O , Prior of the 86 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FIVE

e London Charterhouse . H is shown vested for l Mass , holding in his hands a Cha ice , while at his feet are laid branches of palm . It was while celebrating the Mass o f the H oly Ghost that he and his monks were supernaturally confirmed in their resolution to endure death rather than fail in obedience to the H oly See . This famous Mass is the subject of one of the paintings in the Oratory . TH E QUE E N OF M ARTYRS occupies the central po sition among these worthy followers

e r of H Son . She is represented with the Crown T of horns clasped to her heart , a majestic figure of woe , recalling in pose and drapery a well known Madonna at Wurzburg . On he r left stands B LE S SE D SE B ASTIAN NE D ATE k W IG , the Carthusian mon , shown fettered in an upright position as he was for

fifteen lo n g days in the Marshalsea Prison . Next to him is B LE S SE D RICH ARD RE Y

NOLD S An B , the gel of Syon , in the rigittine habit , a lily growing before him to signify the

0 spotless purity of his life . The last figure is that of B LE S SE D RALPH

i H E R N a se c u l a r R S WI , Priest , vested in a oman

’ Chas uble and holding St . Peter s keys in token

is of the cause for which he died so joyously . H

f o u a n d n . singul arl be autiful ace , is y ng arde t y § _

88 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FI VE

The next four B eatitudes are illustrated by

Ve D n . James uckett forgiving and embracing his betrayer on the way to Tyburn the monks of the London Charterhouse singing the Mass of the H oly Ghost in preparatio n for death and being visited by divine consolations Ve n . John R B oberts , the enedictine , reconciling a felon to Christ ’s Church beneath Tyburn gallows

Ve n . Al l n and Oliver Plunket , Primate of Irela d , administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to his hunted sheep on the mountain side .

2 R RA R OF E R Y ( ) In the CO PO L WO KS M C , Margaret Ward is Shown Visiting the Im U prisoned . nder the words Clothing the ” e N N V n . H aked , we see icholas orner , a tailor ,

ithfi e l d of Sm , engaged on a jerkin for a priest at the moment when the door opens a n d an officer of the law comes forward to arrest him . In

Ve n . A another scene , nne Lyne stands erect on the fatal cart beneath Tyburn Tree for having F harbou red a priest . ulfilling the precept of

e R Visiting the Sick V n . John oberts is seen

- entering a plague stricken house . In t he two next medallions Margaret Clement is Feeding ” H an d the ungry , compassionate onlookers Give D rink to the Thi rsty by offering a cup E of wine to Ve n . dward Morgan on the way to

The D o fi a the gallows . last shows Luisa de

C he {Drenit tio n o f alighurn

al onuent .

‘ I e e e o (B un ni e a ve n e a b l e ie s b r G r g ry' , r p r t o n o e s c o nfe ssin g a b rist b e f re b is i g , p re c ic t e t b tha t o n e c a n a re l ig io us b o use s b a l l b e t o unb e o at a ub urn in b o n o ur o t

t b e Ab a rt nrs . MARTYRS OF TYB URN 89

Carvajal receiving the relics of Ve n . John

Ve n . Roberts and Thomas Somers , which noble Spaniards have rescued in order to give them honourable burial .

' Another medallion in this window depicts the crowning by Ou r Lord in H eaven of H is

r o f Martyrs , and beneath is The P ediction ” The Tyburn Convent . venerable Confessor

F ai F o f the th , ather Gregory Gunne , brought 8 I 8 before the judges on the th June , 5 5 , is shown making his famous prophecy that one day a reli gion s house would be established at Tyburn . Just above the heads of his judges a glimpse is given o f the actual Chapel o f E xp o sit io n with two

' r B Nuns in adoration befo e the lessed Sacrament .

PAINTINGS . B E NE DICTINE APOSTLE S AND MAR AND TYRS OF E N GL . The H oly Patri arch of Western Monks is surrounded by ten o f his

s h Ve n . most illustrious son , among w om Oliver l Plunket has been inc uded , perhaps on the probability that he was a B enedictine Oblate as

some maintain , but principally because his D A relics are preserved at ownside bbey . H e is rightly associated with seven other glorious

T r R yburn Marty s John oberts , Maurus

A a Ro e a Scot , lb n , George Gerv se , Thomas

G 90 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FIVE

M B Pickering , ark arkworth , Philip Powel , all V of whom the Church has declared enerable .

o are On each side f St . B enedict two important A E — St . figures , those of the postles of ngland A i Gregory the Great and St . ugust ne of Canter

A i E e t bury . bove is this inscript on cce ego ” u e ri B h p mei , ehold , here am I and my c ild ” ' ns ren , words most appropriate if we co ider what the B enedictine Order has done for

the E ngland , how many of its members died for f l hi aith at Tyburn , and a so that t s painting is B D the Work of a enedictine , ame Catherine of B ’ St . ride s , and that it adorns the walls of a B Convent where the Rule of St . enedict is followed .

E MA OF TH E H Y H T TH SS OL G OS ,

r . painted by the H o n . M s . D ering H ere the B H Martyr, lessed John oughton, is seen eleva ting the Sacred H ost while at the sam e time the heavens open and the vision thus vouchsafed to him and the Com munity strengthen them for the cruel death they are preparing to face .

F OUR AN CIE NT P RINTS represent the same holy Carthusian Prior in the company of B A t two others equally famous , lessed ugus ine t B R Webs er and lessed obert Lawrence , all of

f M a 1 f th . whom su ered on the 4 y, 535 MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 91

B LE SSE D E D MUND CAMPION ’S po r trait is particularly beautiful . Ir was spe cially R copied from the original at ome . and besides its artistic worth , it is treasured by the Tyburn nuns as having been presented by H is E m . Cardinal Vaughan to the Community during the first year of its residence here and only a few weeks before his death . Other portraits in the Oratory are those of

VE N . VE R UN E T OLI PL K , which always B E E D R H ARD arrests Irish visitors , L S S IC RE YN D E E D N F R OL S and B L S S JOH ISH E . T ARD E AR F VE N . H H O hat of P ILIP OW , L

ARUND E o n e L , is the gift of of his descend

. H ants Philip oward died in prison , and the racking and other sufferings he endured for V ten years won for him the title of enerable ,

his ra n ds o n Ve n . which he shares with g , William

“

H 1 680 H . oward , executed in on Tower ill

LIST OF RE LI CS OF TH E MARTYRS RAT RY KE PT IN TH E O O . (This list is made up to the year

FIRST RELIQ UARY . R F Ve n . s rom the finger of John obert , T Priest, martyred at yburn , Decem 1 th 1 6 1 0 0 . ber , 92 TH E ONE H UNDRE D AND FI VE

R SECOND ELIQ UARY .

From the Co rporal used by Ve n . John B aptist

B u l l ake r s d , at his last Ma s and ipped

Ve n . . B in the blood of the said Martyr ( J . ll ake r 1 2 B u was martyred at Tyburn, October th ,

e B Fr V n . A om the bones of mbrose arlow ,

Priest , martyred at Lancaster, Septem

I o th 1 6 1 . ber , 4

Ve F n . rom the bones of Thomas Somers , T D Secular Priest , martyred at yburn , ecember

h 1 6 1 0 . 1 0t ,

F Ve n . n A rom the bones of Joh lmond , Secular T D t h Priest , martyred at yburn , ecember 5 ,

1 6 1 2 . A F F Ve n . . B rom the tibia of rancis ell ,

T 1 1 t h D c 1 6 martyred at yburn , e ember , 43 . From the Corporal dipped in the blood of H Ve n . . Paul of St Magdalen eath ,

T b u rn A 1 1 6 . martyred at y , pril 7th , 43 From a linen cloth dipped in the blood of an

E nglish Martyr of whom God knows the name . —T R N B . . his eliquary contains also a few . R M r u beads of the osary of ary Stua t , Q een of

Scots .

R THIRD ELIQ UARY .

R Ve n . E Ca t he ric k elic of dmund , Priest ,

Y A 1 1 6 2 martyred at ork , pril 3th , 4

94 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE leaped out of the fire in which it was be ing con E Ve n . w sumed (probably d ard Morgan , Secular

T r A 2 6t h Priest , martyred at ybu n , pril , From the blood - stained al b in which a Priest o f the H olden family was martyred at the Altar

Cha r l e i . at g y, in Lancash re

Ve n . John Wall , Priest , martyred in

A z 2ud 1 6 . Worcester , ugust , 79 From the skin of an E nglish martyr found beneath the Altar o f the B enedictine Monastery

a at D ou i . F R OURTH ELI Q UARY .

B one of the forearm of the Ve n . Thomas

M axfi e l d r T , Secular Priest , ma tyred at yburn ,

I st 1 6 1 6 . T H is July , his relic was the gift of

r t he B Tu . Lo dship ishop of y, in Spain Portion of linen and straw stained with the

t he 20t h blood of five Jesuit Martyrs (June , I 679)

F Ve n . A B a rom the bones of mbrose rlow ,

. 1 0th 1 6 1 martyred at Lancaster , Sept , 4 ,

F n rom corporal stained with the blood of Ve .

. M H H enry (Paul of St agdalen) eath ,

From t he corporal used by Ve n . Thomas

B s B u ll ake r a (John apti t) , at his l st Mass and imbued with his blood . From the blood o f a Martyr whose n ame God knows . MAR TYRS OF TYB URN 95

F Ve n . rom a muscle of John Lockwood , Priest ,

Y A 1 1 6 2 8 martyred at ork , pril 3th , 4 , aged 7 . A vertebra cut through by the executioner o f

P . . M Ve n . John Lockwood ,

fi D e Tape from round the cof n at ouai of V n .

a John Southworth , m rtyred at Tyburn , June

28th 1 6 . , 5 4

the o f Ve n In same reliquary is a miniature . l Wil iam Ward , Secular Priest , martyred at

T 26t h 1 6 1 . yburn , July , 4

H alf of a corporal used by B lessed E dmund Campion and other holy Martyrs and Confessors

z during the persecution under E li abeth . SOME NOTE S ON TYB URN CONVE NT

H E Nuns o f Tyburn are under the Rule

. o of St B enedict . Their C n gre gat io n is dedi

c at e d H to the Most Sacred eart of Jesus , — and was founded at Montmartre M o ns M a r tyr — urn which has become the Mount of the

Sacred H eart .

1 0 Tyburn Convent dates from 9 3 , the

N as uns of Montmartre having been ked, on

E H is E their arrival in ngland, by minence Cardinal Vaughan to establish on the place formerly called Tyburn Field a Sanctuary in honour of the Sacred H eart and as a

1 0 — s re memorial of the 5 Martyrs priest , li io us g of many Orders , laymen and women

1 1 68 1 f T who , from 5 3 5 to , su fered at yburn in defence of the Catho lic Faith and for t heir T N fidelity to the See of Peter . The yburn uns have the joy of thinking that this design of the H eart of Jesus had been foreseen mo re than thre e hundred years ago by a venerable con fe sso r F F r who of the aith , ather Grego y Gunne , , 8th I 8 dragged before the judges on June the , 5 5 , publicly predicted a day would come when a R H T eligious ouse would be erected at yburn .

s e Now , close to the it where formerly stood

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replace the present temporary chapel , where the King of Martyrs may be adored for many generations in the Sacrament of H is love and that from these humble beginnings Tyburn may become to E ngland what Montma rtre is to

F rance .

A ccording to the end of their Congregation , T N H the yburn uns , consecrated to the eart of

s o f Jesus , unite them elves to the intentions that Adorable H eart burning with zeal for the glory of the Most H oly Trinity and for the salvation of souls . They devote themselves to the D ivine Praise and to the Adoration of the B lessed Sacrament and endeavour to obtain through the Sacred H eart o f Jesus abundant graces for the H oly Church and all mankind . They are placed under the maternal Patron

o f B m V M age the lessed and Im aculate irgin ary . Af B V t ter the lessed irgin , the special pro ectress

r of their Congregation is St . Ge trude , the B i glorious enedict ne virgin , who so lovingly contemplated and magn ificently glorified the treasures of the H eart o f Jesus . The Nun s o f this Order are called primarily to the contemplative life . It is in union with the Adorable Sacrifice of the Altar and in the in eff able tre asure s which flo w from the daily MAR TYRS OF TYB UR N 99 reception of the H oly E ucharist that they find

No u their greatest suppo rt . work m st be pre ferred in the Congregation to the Work of God E E . and the ucharistic service very day , in union with the praises which the H eart of Jesus ad H T dresses unceasingly to the oly rinity , they offer to God the sacrifice of praise so closely

A e b ound to the Sacrifice of the ltar . Th Gre gorian chant is always used for the singing at

Mass and D ivine Office . N B ight and day , before the lessed Sacrament N ff exposed , the uns o er their adorations in homage of honour , of praise and love , in gratitude

o f and reparation , in supplication for the needs H the oly Church , and for the extension of the Reign of the Sacred H eart throughout the world . The ideal of their life is that it should be a continual Op us D ei by striving after perfection by prayer, sacrifice and zeal to this great end marked by t he H oly Rule Ut in o m nibus

r r g l o ifi c e tu D e us .

h n If their w ite cowl symbolizes contemplatio ,

D ai eucharistic adoration and ivine Pr se , the black habit , scapular and veil represent the poverty , penance and labour which they have likewise embraced . The Community may also employ itself in 1 00 TH E ONE H UND RE D AND FIVE

a a works of ze l , properly so c lled , such as

in eucharistic and liturgical works , retreats , struction of converts , provided these works be compatible with contemplative life and the

n e closure . The B enedictine Congregation of the Sacred H eart of Jesus of Montma rtre has this feature as yet rare amon g B enedictine Nuns of being under the government of a Superioress General . E very Convent of the Congregation contracts a special obliga tion of devotedness for the con version or the religious progress of the country

the wherein it is established . Co n sequently Convent of Tyburn is devoted—and that by a — ' special Vo w to the great c au se o f / the return of E ngland to Catholic unity . Under the pro r N ectio n of Our Lady and the Martyrs , the uns strive by prayer and penance to raise u n c e asin gly towards the Sacred H eart of Jesus the great supplication which burst forth at the supreme moment from the heart of one of the most T “ glorious heroes of yburn Jesus , convert

E n ngla d Jesus , have mercy on this Country

The Sacred H eart in increasing the number of the Tyburn Community has already enabled it to make two foun dations one in 1 90 9 at

TH E VOW MAD E B Y TH E COMM UNITY OF TYB URN F OR TH E CO NVE RSION OF E N AND GL . R d A ( enewe nnually) .

E U A t J S S , Immortal King of ges , Sove

e i n N e n ve l o e th g of ations , Who p all man

1n Th D r kind the Love of y ivine H ea t . H T umbly prostrate before hee , we present

E T u in our hearts , ngland , the land which ho hast so much loved , and which we love , and we

D R re adore Thee as her ivine edeemer . We member all the graces Thou hast lavished upon Th ’ D this Island , y Mother s owry , and we unite our thanksgivings to all those offered to Thee

a d in past ages , and which will be eternally dressed to Thee in H eaven by the B lessed

Martyrs and all the other Saints of this Country . The cruel ra visher of souls has tried to draw from Thee this nation for ever ' H o w many tabernacles are empty ' H o w many souls have strayed away ' Thy H eart has been wounded We will labour to repair the offences done to

Thee . Thou hast ever so loved this land '

T c e ase st hou not to call her with an infinite love .

M a Th y she return at y merciful calling , may MAR TYRS OF TYE URN 1 03

she come back to the source of life , may she be Th ' y beloved daughter , faithful and devoted F ull of power , she will repair her errors by making known the love of Thy D ivine H eart wherever her vast empire extends 0 Jesus , we desire to hasten that happy day by prayer , adoration , penance and zeal . T T his Convent of yburn , devoted to the

a gre t ends of our religious family , has received as its own and most special mission that o f representing E ngland unceasingly before Thy

A H o dorable eart , and the C mmunity has vowed itself to offer its adorations and prayers by

E a night and day , in a special manner for ngl nd , and particularly for the return to the H oly

Church of the children of this great nation , who a re F yet separated from the One True old .

o - Vo w L rd Jesus , we renew to day this and this ff Th O ering , and we present them to y Sacred H B V M eart through the lessed irgin ary , our H F B oly ather St . enedict , whose children brought the Faith to this Country and the glorious M artyrs who shed their blood at Tyburn . 0 Jesus , may the day soon come when all E ngland shall sing ' Praise be to the Divine H eart through which salvation has come to us

To H im be honour and glory for ever and ever . A ” men .