Martyrs, English
Martyrs, English
Those who suffered death in England for the Catholic Faith and for the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, from 1535 to 1681 . The total number of them is over 600; of these, fifty-four were beatified in 1888 and nine more in 1895 ; 247 others had their cause of beatification introduced in 1886 , and were declared Venerable; the remainder (about 286), though they all died heroically, led such retired and obscure lives that there is very little known about them, which fact has hindered even the introduction of their cause. The following is a complete alphabetical list of all the English Martyrs, under their last names. Those who have been beatified , canonized , or declared venerable have separate articles. In a few cases nothing is known of the martyr except his name.
Abbot, Austin (alias John Rivers), priest
Abbot, Henry , Blessed
Abbot, John, layman , 1597
Abel, Thomas , Blessed
Ackridge, John, priest, 1585
Ackridge, Thomas, Franciscan , 1583
Adams, John , Venerable
Adams, Richard, priest
Ailworth (Aylword) William, layman , 1580
Aldham (Adelham), Placid, Benedictine , 1679
Alfield, Thomas , Blessed
Allen, John, priest, 1538
Allison, William, priest, 1681
Almond, John , Saint
Almond, John, Cistercian , 1585
Amias, John , Blessed
Anderton, Robert , Blessed
Andleby, William , Blessed
Arden, Edward, layman , 1584
Arrowsmith, Edmund , Saint
Arrowsmith, Thurstan, layman , 1583
Ash, Anthony, layman
Ashby (Asleby), George, monk, 1537
Ashby, Thomas , Venerable
Ashley, Ralph , Blessed
Ashton, Roger , Venerable
Aske, Robert, layman , 1537
Atkins, William, Jesuit, 1681
Atkinson, James, layman , 1595
Atkinson, Nicholas, priest, 1610
Atkinson, Thomas , Blessed
Bailey, Lawrence , Venerable
Baldwin (Bawden), William, priest, 1588
Bales, Christopher , Blessed
Bales, Alexander, layman
Bamber, Edward , Blessed
Bannersley, William, priest
Barkworth, Mark , Blessed
Barlow, Ambrose Edward , Saint
Barnes, Ralph, monk, 1537
Barrow, William
Barton, Elizabeth
Battie, Anthony
Bayle, Ralph, bishop , 1559
Beche, John , Blessed
Bedal, Thomas, priest, 1568-1590
Bedingfeld, Thomas, Venerable, Jesuit, 1678
Beesley, George , Blessed
Belohiam, Thomas, Venerable, O.F.M., 1537-1538
Bell, Arthur , Blessed
Bell, James , Blessed
Belser, Thomas, priest
Belson, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1589
Bentney (alias Bennet), William, Jesuit, 1692
Bere, Richard , Blessed
Berisford, Humphrey, layman , 1588
Bickerdyke, Robert, Venerable, layman, 1595
Bigod, Sir Francis, 1537
Bird, James , Blessed
Bird, Robert, priest, 1540
Bird, William, priest, 1540
Birkett, Richard, priest, 1680
Bishop, Thomas, layman , 1569-1570
Blackburne, William, priest, 1586
Blake, Alexander, Venerable, layman, 1590
Blenkinsop, Thomas, layman , 1593
Blonham, Laurence, monk, 1537
Blount, Thomas, priest, 1647
Bocking, Edward, Benedictine , 1537
Bodey, John , Blessed
Bolbet, Richard, layman , 1589
Bonner, Edmund, bishop , 1569
Bosgrave, Thomas , Blessed
Boste, John , Saint
Bourne, Gilbert, bishop , 1569
Bowes, Marmaduke, Venerable, layman, 1585
Bowes, Richard, priest, 1590
Boxall, John, priest, 1571
Bradley, Richard, Jesuit, 1645
Branton, Stephen, layman , 1591
Brazier (Grimes), Matthew, Jesuit, 1650
Bredstock, William, layman , 1590
Briant, Alexander , Blessed
Brindholme, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1540-1544
Britton, John, Venerable, layman, 1598
Brookby, Anthony, Venerable, O.F.M., 1537-1538
Brown, James, Benedictine , 1640-1651
Brown, William, Venerable, layman, 1604
Browne, Humphrey, Jesuit
Brownel, Thomas, Brigittine laybrother
Brushford, James, priest, 1593
Buckley, John , Saint
Budge, Lucy, lay person , 1587-88
Bullaker, Thomas , Blessed
Burden, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1538
Burraby, William, priest, 1537
Buxton, Christopher, Venerable, priest, died Canterbury, 1588
Cadwallador, Roger , Blessed
Campion, Edmund , Blessed
Cannon, Edmund, priest, 1640-1651
Cansfield, Brian, Venerable, Jesuit, 1643
Carew, Sir Nicholas, 1538
Carey, John , Blessed
Carter, William , Blessed
Catheriok, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1642
Chalmar, John
Chalmer, Isabel, lay person
Chaplain, William, layman, 1584
Chedsey, William, priest, 1561
Claxton (Clarkson), James, Venerable, priest, 1588
Clayton, James, priest, 1588
Clitherow, Margaret , Saint
Cockerell, James, prior of Guisborough, 1537
Coe, William, monk, 1537
Cole, Henry, priest, 1579-1580
Coleman, Edward , Blessed
Coleman, Walter, Franciscan , 1645
Collier, Laurence, Franciscan , 1590
Collins, John, priest, 1584
Comberford, Henry, priest, 1584
Constable, Benedict, Benedictine , 1683
Constable, John, died York gaol, 1581
Constable, Robert, layman, 1537
Cook, Lawrence, O.Carm.. prior of Doncaster, 1540
Cooper, John, layman, 1580
Coppinger, Richard, Benedictine , 1558
Corbie, Ralph, Venerable, Jesuit, 1644
Cornelius, John , Blessed
Cort, Thomas, Venerable, Franciscan , 1537-38
Cosen, Thomas, layman, 1589
Cotesmore, Thomas, priest, 1584
Cottam, Thomas , Blessed
Coudres, Martin, Augustinian, 1544
Courtney, Henry, Marquess of Exeter, 1538
Cowling (Collins), Ralph, layman, 1587
Cowper, William, monk, 1537
Cox, Robert, Benedictine , 1650
Creagh., Richard, archbishop of Armagh , 1585
Crockett, Ralph, Venerable, priest, 1588
Croft, George, pr