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Revision as of 22:48, 23 June 2007 by ElinorD (talk | contribs) (Fix stupid mistakes, and correct wikilink for another)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales are a group of Catholic martyrs who were beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987. They were chosen from a number of Catholics executed between 1584 and 1679. They include:
- John Adams
- Thomas Atkinson
- Edward Bamber
- George Beesley
- Arthur Bell
- Thomas Belson
- Robert Bickerdike
- Alexander Blake
- Marmaduke Bowes
- John Bretton
- Thomas Bullaker
- Edward Burden
- Roger Cadwallador
- William Carter
- Alexander Crowe
- William Davies
- Robert Dibdale
- George Douglas
- Robert Drury
- Edmund Duke
- George Errington
- Roger Filcock
- John Fingley
- Matthew Flathers
- Richard Flower
- Nicholas Garlick
- William Gibson
- Ralph Grimston
- Robert Grissold
- John Hambley
- Robert Hardesty
- George Haydock
- Henry Heath
- Richard Hill
- John Hogg
- Richard Holiday
- Nicholas Horner
- Thomas Hunt
- Thurstan Hunt
- Francis Ingleby
- William Knight
- Joseph Lampton
- William Lampley
- John Lowe
- Robert Ludlam
- Charles Meehan
- Robert Middleton
- George Nichols
- John Norton
- Robert Nutter
- Edward Osbaldeston
- Anthony Page
- Thomas Palaser
- William Pike
- Thomas Pilcher
- Thomas Pormort
- Nicholas Postgate
- Humphrey Pritchard
- Christopher Robinson
- Stephen Rowsham
- John Sandys
- Montford Scott
- Richard Sergeant
- Richard Simpson
- Peter Snow
- William Southerne
- William Spenser
- Thomas Sprott
- John Sugar
- Robert Sutton
- Edmund Sykes
- John Talbot
- Hugh Taylor
- William Thomson
- Robert Thorpe
- John Thules
- Edward Thwing
- Thomas Watkinson
- Henry Webley
- Christopher Wharton
- Thomas Whittaker
- John Woodcock
- Nicholas Woodfen
- Roger Wrenno
- Richard Yaxley
See also
Further reading
- Bowden, Henry Sebastian. Mementoes of the Martyrs and Confessors of England & Wales . New edition revised by Donald Attwater. London. Burns & Oates, 1962.
- Challoner, Richard. Memoirs of Missionary Priests, . New edition revised by J.H. Pollen. London. Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1924.
- Connelly, Roland. The Eighty-five Martyrs. Essex. McCrimmons Publishing Company, 1987.