Howman, John
Howman, John
Last Abbot of Westminster, born Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, England , c.1515 ; died Wisbech Castle, 1585 . His family name was Howman. He joined the Benedictines at Evesham , and after the dissolution of the monasteries was rector of Solihull. Cranmer threw him into prison, but he was released under Mary and later made Abbot of Westminster. He showed great kindness to heretics, and after Wyatt’s rebellion his intercession saved Elizabeth ‘s life and subsequently procured her liberation. On her accession he refused to save his monastery by apostasy , and spent 23 years in jail, where he died from privation, a striking example of Elizabeth ‘s ingratitude.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Howman, John
an English Catholic divine, was born at Feckenham, Worcestershire, about 1516, of poor parentage. He was educated by the Benedictines of Evesham, and afterwards at Gloucester College, Oxford; became chaplain to the bishop of Worcester, afterwards to Bonner, and vigorously opposed the Reformation in England. In 1549 he was imprisoned in the Tower, but was released on the accession of Mary, who made him dean of Westminster. Elizabeth offered him the archbishopric of Canterbury on condition of becoming a Protestant, but he refused, and was again imprisoned in 1560. Being released in 1563, he finally retired to the isle of Ely, and died at Wisbeach in 1585, leaving an account of his Conference with Jane Grey (Lond. 1554, 1626), besides some Sermons and a few controversial pieces.