John Houghton

John Houghton

male, deceased (1535)
executed under the Tudors, execution, Thomas Cromwell, Forty Martyr of England and Wales, actofsupremacy, prior…act of succession, Oath of Supremacy, Charterhouse of Beauvale
Saint John Houghton was an English Catholic martyr. Born sometime around 1486, he was (according to one of his fellow Carthusians) educated at...

Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

male, deceased (1567)
A Man for All Seasons, Lord Chancellor, Speaker of the British House of Commons, Lord Chancellor of England, actofsupremacy, tudor…Baron in the Peerage of England, court of augmentations
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496/7 - June 12, 1567), was Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI of England. Many people will know of...
Saint John Stone

Saint John Stone

male, deceased (1539)
canterbury, king henry viii, augustinian, Forty Martyr of England and Wales, actofsupremacy, English Reformation…Dissolution of the Monasteries, dissolution of monasteries
St John Stone was an English Reformation Augustinian friar, and Doctor of Sacred Theology, living in the Augustinian friary at Canterbury. The...

John Polding

male, deceased (1877)
From Liverpool, Acton Burnell, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, recusant, From Sydney, Dissolution of the Monasteries…actofsupremacy, Order of Saint Benedict, dissolution of monasteries, Act of Supremacy 1559
John Bede Polding OSB (18 November 1794 – 16 March 1877) was the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop of Sydney Australia. Polding was born to...