In 1534 Henry VIII required his subjects to take the Oath of Succession recognizing Anne Boleyn as his lawful wife. Newdigate signed the oath “in as far as the law of God permits” on 6 June 1534.[13] However the Carthusian community at the Charterhouse refused to accept the King’s assumption of supremacy over the English church, and on 4 May 1535 the Prior of the Charterhouse, John Houghton, was executed, together with two other Carthusian priors, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster, priors respectively of Beauvale and Axholme.[16]
Newdigate and two other monks, Humphrey Middlemore and William Exmew,[13] were arrested on 25 May 1535 for denying the King’s supremacy, and imprisoned in the Marshalsea, where they were kept for fourteen days bound to pillars, standing upright, with iron rings round their necks, hands, and feet.[17] Newdigate was visited there by the King, who is said to have come in disguise,[17] and to have offered to load Newdigate with riches and honours if he would conform. He was then brought before the Privy Council, and sent to the Tower of London, where Henry again visited him, but was unable to change his mind.[17] The three monks were condemned to death for treason on 11 June,[17] and on 19 June were dragged to Tyburn on hurdles, and hanged, drawn and quartered.[18] Their remains were put on display at various locations in London.
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Yet another story showing how far Satan will go in his fight against God and all good. And did it help his cause or hurt it? Time has answered that question.
We’re blessed to have TAC publishing these things regularly. Blessed Sebastian pray that it long be so.
One of fourteen brothers and sisters. I was thought odd by my four. My parents generation married around 20 years old. Today, if people marry, they are in their 30s and they have a dog. 50 years from now whole sections of cities will be reclaimed by the wilderness and they rejoice in their loneliness.
JFK, the never married singles in their 30s I know would like to marry. All but one have parents who are married are long term to the original spouse. They have all dated, but as yet not met the right person of the opposite sex. My youngest born in 1982 wants to be married and have a family. After he bought his small home he told me that on his weeks off he would like to volunteer at St Vincent DePaul Society or a soup kitchen . This surprised (and pleased ) me. Since H.S. he hasn’t attended Mass that I know of. Then COVID hit and everything shut down. I’ve told him to check out a Catholic dating site. I know 3 young couples that met that way. He has gone on secular sites but nothing clicked. He is conservative politically and looking for someone with family values. My older son 41 is dating a foreign nation who lives in Europe with her Catholic family. They talked of marriage but again COVID in the way.
Lots of praying the Magnificat for these young people to find an active Catholic spouse.