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Richard Martin was born in Shropshire, and attended Broadgates Hall, Oxford.<ref>[http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/about-us/saints-and-martyrs/blessed-richard-martin Byrne, Kevin. "Nine Martyrs of the Shrewsbury Diocese"]</ref> He was arrested in the company of Robert Morton, a priest. Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" because he had bought supper for Morton;<ref>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/96263 Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Riccardo Leigh, Edoardo Shelley, Riccardo Martin e Giovanni Roche Martiri", Santi e Beati, May 12, 2014]</ref> and was [[hanged, drawn, and quartered]] 30 August 1588 at [[Tyburn]], along with Blesseds [[Richard Leigh (martyr)|Richard Leigh]], Edward Shelley, [[John Roche (martyr)|John Roche]], Richard Flowers, and St. [[Margaret Ward]]. He was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30. |
Richard Martin was born in Shropshire, and attended Broadgates Hall, Oxford.<ref>[http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/about-us/saints-and-martyrs/blessed-richard-martin Byrne, Kevin. "Nine Martyrs of the Shrewsbury Diocese"]</ref> He was arrested in the company of Robert Morton, a priest. Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" because he had bought supper for Morton;<ref>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/96263 Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Riccardo Leigh, Edoardo Shelley, Riccardo Martin e Giovanni Roche Martiri", Santi e Beati, May 12, 2014]</ref> and was [[hanged, drawn, and quartered]] 30 August 1588 at [[Tyburn]], along with Blesseds [[Richard Leigh (martyr)|Richard Leigh]], Edward Shelley, [[John Roche (martyr)|John Roche]], Richard Flowers, and St. [[Margaret Ward]]. He was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30. |
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==Robert Morton== |
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Morton was executed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, on 26th August 1588. |
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'''Robert Morton''' was born at [[Bawtry]], Yorks, about 1548, the son of Robert Morton. He was ordained deacon at Rome and priest at Reims in 1587, and condemned at Newgate 26 August 1588 for being a priest contrary to the [[Jesuits, etc. Act 1584]] (27 Eliz., c. 2). Morton was executed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, on Wednesday 26th August 1588.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10582b.htm Wainewright, John. "Ven. Robert Morton." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 22 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> |
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At the same time and place suffered Hugh Moor, a layman, aged 25, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Gray's Inn, London, for having been reconciled to the Church by Fr. Thomas Stephenson, S.J. On the same day suffered (1) at Mile End, [[William Dean (priest)|William Dean]], a priest; and Henry Webley, a layman, born in the city of Gloucester; (2) near the Theatre, William Gunter, a priest, born at Raglan, Monmouthshire, educated at Reims; (3) at Clerkenwell, [[Thomas Holford]], a priest, born at Aston, in Acton, Cheshire, educated at Reims, who was hanged only; and (4) between Brentford and Hounslow, Middlesex, James Claxton or Clarkson, a priest, born in Yorkshire and educated at Reims; and [[Thomas Felton (martyr)|Thomas Felton]], born at Bermondsey Abbey in 1567, son of [[John Felton (martyr)|B. John Felton]], tonsured 1583 and about to be professed a Minim, who had suffered terrible tortures in prison. |
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Blessed Richard Martin | |
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| Born | Shropshire, England |
| Died | 30 August 1588 Tyburn, London, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1929 |
| Feast | 30 August |
Richard Martin (died 1588) was an English martyr.
Life
Richard Martin was born in Shropshire, and attended Broadgates Hall, Oxford.[1] He was arrested in the company of Robert Morton, a priest. Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" because he had bought supper for Morton;[2] and was hanged, drawn, and quartered 30 August 1588 at Tyburn, along with Blesseds Richard Leigh, Edward Shelley, John Roche, Richard Flowers, and St. Margaret Ward. He was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30.
Robert Morton
Robert Morton was born at Bawtry, Yorks, about 1548, the son of Robert Morton. He was ordained deacon at Rome and priest at Reims in 1587, and condemned at Newgate 26 August 1588 for being a priest contrary to the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584 (27 Eliz., c. 2). Morton was executed at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, on Wednesday 26th August 1588.[3]
At the same time and place suffered Hugh Moor, a layman, aged 25, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Gray's Inn, London, for having been reconciled to the Church by Fr. Thomas Stephenson, S.J. On the same day suffered (1) at Mile End, William Dean, a priest; and Henry Webley, a layman, born in the city of Gloucester; (2) near the Theatre, William Gunter, a priest, born at Raglan, Monmouthshire, educated at Reims; (3) at Clerkenwell, Thomas Holford, a priest, born at Aston, in Acton, Cheshire, educated at Reims, who was hanged only; and (4) between Brentford and Hounslow, Middlesex, James Claxton or Clarkson, a priest, born in Yorkshire and educated at Reims; and Thomas Felton, born at Bermondsey Abbey in 1567, son of B. John Felton, tonsured 1583 and about to be professed a Minim, who had suffered terrible tortures in prison.
References
- ^ Byrne, Kevin. "Nine Martyrs of the Shrewsbury Diocese"
- ^ Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Riccardo Leigh, Edoardo Shelley, Riccardo Martin e Giovanni Roche Martiri", Santi e Beati, May 12, 2014
- ^ Wainewright, John. "Ven. Robert Morton." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 22 March 2020
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Sources
- "St. Richard Martin" Catholic Online, Saints and Angels, Retrieved 2009-11-06.
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