Francis Ingleby (c. 1551 – 3 June 1586) was a Roman Catholic martyr executed in York, England during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Blessed Francis Ingleby | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | c.1551 North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 3 June 1586 (aged 34 - 35) Knavesmire, York, England |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 3 June, 22 November (with the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales |
Born about 1551, he was the fourth son of Sir William Ingleby and Anne Malory of Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire. He was likely a scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford, (c. 1565), and was a student of the Inner Temple by 1576. On 18 August 1582, he arrived at the English College, Reims, where he lived at his own expense. He was ordained a year later as a subdeacon on 28 May, a deacon on 24 September, and a priest on 24 December.[1]
He has been described as short but well-made, fair-complexioned, with a chestnut beard, and a slight cast in his eyes.
He left for England on 5 April 1584 and preached with great enthusiasm in York, where he was arrested in spring 1586. Suspicion was raised when a companion appeared to show more deference towards him than someone dressed as a poor man would warrant. He was one of the priests whom Margaret Clitherow was arraigned for harbouring. He was condemned for acting as a priest in England, contrary to the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered on the Knavesmire at York.
When the sentence was pronounced he exclaimed: "Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium" ("I believe to see the good things of our Lord: in the land of the living"). At the prison door, while shackles were being fastened on his legs he smilingly said, "I fear me I shall be overproud of my boots."[1]
He was beatified on 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II.[2] His brother David, known as "the Fox", was also a staunch Catholic and fled to the Continent.
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- ^ a b Wainewright, John Bannerman. "Venerable Francis Ingleby", Lives of the English Martyrs, (Edwin H. Burton and J. H. Pollen eds.), London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1914
- ^ Matthew Bunson; Margaret Bunson; Stephen Bunson (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints. Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. p. 356. ISBN 9781931709750.
