Robert Singleton (died 1544), also known as John, was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed on a treason charge. He is considered a Catholic martyr by Antonio Possevino, in his Apparatus Sacer.
Life
He belonged to a Lancashire family and was educated at the University of Oxford, but does not appear to have graduated. He became a priest, and for some utterances which were accounted treasonable was brought before a court of bishops in 1543. He was executed at Tyburn on 7 March 1544, along with Germain Gardiner and John Larke.
Works
He is said to have written:
- Treatise of the Seven Churches
- Of the Holy Ghost
- Comment on Certain Prophecies
- Theory of the Earth, dedicated to Henry VII. Thomas Tanner calls this Of the Seven Ages of the World.
None seem to have been printed.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Singleton, Robert (d.1544)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.