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Richard Martin was born in Shropshire, and attended Broadgates Hall, Oxford |
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> where he was granted a Master of Arts degree 12 December 1583. He was arrested in the company of Robert Morton, a priest. The law at that time declared that anyone who knowingly "shall receive, relieve, aid, or comfort a [[Seminary priest]], are felons..."<ref name=Burton>[https://archive.org/details/livesofenglishma01burtuoft/page/426/mode/2up "Venerable Richard Martin", ''Lives of the English Martyrs'', vol.1, (Edwin Burton and J.H. Pollen, eds.), Longmans, Green and Co., 1914, p. 422](PD-notice)</ref> Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" because he had bought supper for Morton for sixpence;<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09138a.htm Wainewright, John. "Ven. Richard Leigh." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 22 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> It appears that while at [[Newgate Prison]], Martin admitted being reconciled to the Catholic Church.<ref name=Burton/> |
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Martin 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]].<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> Martin was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30. |
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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 | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Feast | 30 August |
Richard Martin (died 1588) was an English martyr. A layman, Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" for having bought supper for Robert Morton, a priest.
Life
Richard Martin was born in Shropshire, and attended Broadgates Hall, Oxford,[1] where he was granted a Master of Arts degree 12 December 1583. He was arrested in the company of Robert Morton, a priest. The law at that time declared that anyone who knowingly "shall receive, relieve, aid, or comfort a Seminary priest, are felons..."[2] Martin was charged with being a "receiver and maintainer of priests" because he had bought supper for Morton for sixpence;[3] It appears that while at Newgate Prison, Martin admitted being reconciled to the Catholic Church.[2]
Martin 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.[4] Martin was beatified in 1929. His feast day is August 30.
Blessed Robert Morton | |
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| Born | c. 1548 Bawtry, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 26 August 1588 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Feast | 30 August 1588 |
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.[5]
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"
- ^ a b "Venerable Richard Martin", Lives of the English Martyrs, vol.1, (Edwin Burton and J.H. Pollen, eds.), Longmans, Green and Co., 1914, p. 422(PD-notice)
- ^ Wainewright, John. "Ven. Richard Leigh." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 22 March 2020
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.