Plaque to Catholic Martyrs, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster

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271855

Reference identifier

ZCO20170310001

Title

Plaque to Catholic Martyrs, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster

Place

Lancaster

Personal names

James Bell, John Finch, Robert Nutter, Edward Thwing, Thurston Hunt, Robert Middleton, Lawrence Bailey, Blessed John Thules, Roger Wrenno, Edmund Arrowsmith, Blessed Richard Herst (Hurst), Ambrose Barlow, Edward Bamber, John Martin Woodcock Farington, Thomas Whittaker

General notes

This plaque is located in a part of the castle currently inaccessible to visitors

During the period 1584-1646 fifteen Catholics were executed in Lancaster for their faith. The law at this time made it illegal to convert or be converted to Catholicism, to say or hear Mass or to help or conceal the presence of a priest.To be a priest ordained abroad was classed as treason.
They were:
Blessed James Bell (d 1584)
Blessed John Finch (d 1584)
Blessed Robert Nutter (1557-1600)
Blessed Edward Thwing (1565-1600)
Blessed Thurston Hunt (1555-1601)
Blessed Robert Middleton (1571-1601)
Venerable Lawrence Bailey (d.1604)
Blessed John Thules (1568-1616),
Blessed Roger Wrenno (1578-1616)
Saint Father Edmund Arrowsmith (1585-1628)
Blessed Richard Hurst (d 1628)
Saint Ambrose Barlow (1585-1641)
Blessed Edward Bamber (1600-1646)
Blessed John Woodcock (1603-1646)
Blessed Thomas Whittaker (1611-1646)

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