John Almond (c.1509 – 18 April 1585) was a Cistercian monk. He is commemorated as a Confessor of the Faith in the Roman Catholic Church, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs.
He came from Cheshire, and was a monk in the time of Henry VIII, but neither his abbey nor his fate during and after its suppression have been identified.
In 1579 he was imprisoned at Hull Castle. The ground-floor of the South Blockhouse was often used for this purpose. Conditions were particularly poor, with contemporary accounts noting that the quarters "have been overflowed with water at high tide..."
He died in prison on 18 April 1585; he was about 76 years old. According to John Hungerford Pollen, the old priest "...after many sufferings in prison, was left in extreme age to pine away under a neglect that was revolting."
Notes
- ^ Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia. Universal Knowledge Foundation. p. 328.
- Howes, Audrey; Foreman, Martin (1999). Town and Gun: The 17th-Century Defences of Hull. Kingston upon Hull, UK: Kingston Press. p. 19. ISBN 1902039025.
- Gasquet, Francis Aidan. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries, J. C. Nimmo, 1899, p. 458
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Almond". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.