Blessed Thomas Hemerford and One Hundred and Six Companion Martyrs | |
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Died | Between 12 July 1541 (David Gonson) – 29 December 1680 (William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford), within England and Wales, many at Tyburn |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 15 December 1929, by Pope Pius XI |
Feast | 4 May, various for individual martyrs |
Attributes | martyr's palm knife in chest noose in neck book or bible crucifix chaucible Eucharist various religious habits crown of martyrdom |
One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales, also known as Thomas Hemerford and One Hundred and Six Companion Martyrs, are a group of clergy and laypersons who were executed on charges of treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1541 and 1680. They are considered martyrs in the Roman Catholic Church and were beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.
List of individual names
[edit]They were chosen from a number of priests and laymen executed between 1584 and 1679. Their names were:[1]
- Henry Abbot
- John Amias
- Robert Anderton
- William Andleby
- Ralph Ashley
- Thomas Aufield
- Christopher Bales
- Mark Barkworth
- William Barrow
- James Bell
- James Bird (or Byrd or Beard)
- John Bodey
- Thomas Bosgrave
- William Browne
- Christopher Buxton
- Edward Campion (also known as Gerard Edwards)
- John Carey
- Edmund Catherick
- James Claxton (Clarkson)
- Edward Colman (or Coleman)
- Ralph Corbie
- John Cornelius
- Ralph Crockett
- Robert Dalby
- William Dean
- Francis Dicconson
- Roger Dicconson
- James Duckett
- John Duckett
- Thomas Felton
- James Fenn
- John Fenwick
- John Finch
- William Freeman
- Edward Fulthrop
- John Gavan
- Miles Gerard
- George Gervase
- David Gonson (or Gunston)
- Hugh Green
- John Grove
- William Gunter
- William Harrington
- William Hartley
- Thomas Hemerford
- Richard Herst (Hurst)
- John Hewitt (alias Weldon, alias Savell)
- Sydney Hodgson
- Thomas Holford
- Thomas Holland
- Laurence Humphreys (or Humphrey)
- John Ingram
- John Ireland
- William Ireland
- Edward James
- Edward Jones
- Brian Lacey
- Richard Langhorne
- Richard Langley
- Richard Leigh
- John Lockwood
- William Marsden
- Richard Martin
- John Mason
- Thomas Maxfield
- Anthony Middleton
- Ralph Milner
- Hugh More
- Robert Morton
- John Munden
- George Napper (alias Napier)
- Richard Newport, (also known as Richard Smith)
- John Nutter
- Edward Oldcorne
- Francis Page
- William Patenson
- John Pibush
- Thomas Pickering
- Philip Powell
- Alexander Rawlins
- Thomas Reynolds (born Thomas Green, possible alias Richard Reynolds)
- William Richardson
- John Robinson
- John Roche
- Patrick Salmon
- Maurus Scott (William Scot)
- Edward Shelley
- John Slade
- Thomas Somers
- John Speed
- William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
- Edward Stransham
- Robert Sutton
- George Swallowell
- Thomas Thwing
- Thomas Tunstall
- Anthony Turner
- Thomas Warcop
- William Ward
- Edward Waterson
- Robert Watkinson
- William Way (alias May or Flower)
- Thomas Welbourne
- Thomas Whitbread
- Robert Widmerpool
- Robert Wilcox
- Peter Wright
Liturgical Feast Day
[edit]In England these martyrs, together with those beatified between 1886 and 1929, are commemorated by a feast day on 4 May. This day also honours the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales who hold the rank of saint; the Forty Martyrs were honoured separately on 25 October until the liturgical calendar for England was revised in the year 2000.[2]
In Wales, 4 May specifically commemorates the beatified martyrs of England and Wales. Three of the martyrs named in this group of 107 – William Gunter, Edward Jones, and Philip Powell – have Welsh connections.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thomas Hemerford and 106 Companions at Hagiography Circle
- ^ National Calendar for England, Liturgy Office for England and Wales.