One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales

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.

Blessed Thomas Hemerford and One Hundred and Six Companion Martyrs
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

List of individual names

They were chosen from a number of priests and laymen executed between 1584 and 1679. Their names were:

1. Henry Abbot
2. John Amias
3. Robert Anderton
4. William Andleby
5. Ralph Ashley
6. Thomas Aufield
7. Christopher Bales
8. Mark Barkworth
9. William Barrow
10. James Bell
11. James Bird (or Byrd or Beard)
12. John Bodey
13. Thomas Bosgrave
14. William Browne
15. Christopher Buxton
16. Edward Campion (also known as Gerard Edwards)
17. John Carey
18. Edmund Catherick
19. James Claxton (Clarkson)
20. Edward Colman (or Coleman)
21. Ralph Corbie
22. John Cornelius
23. Ralph Crockett
24. Robert Dalby
25. William Dean
26. Francis Dicconson
27. Roger Dicconson
28. James Duckett
29. John Duckett
30. Thomas Felton
31. James Fenn
32. John Fenwick
33. John Finch
34. William Freeman
35. Edward Fulthrop
36. John Gavan
37. Miles Gerard
38. George Gervase
39. David Gonson (or Gunston)
40. Hugh Green
41. John Grove
42. William Gunter
43. William Harrington
44. William Hartley
45. Thomas Hemerford
46. Richard Herst (Hurst)
47. John Hewitt (alias Weldon, alias Savell)
48. Sydney Hodgson
49. Thomas Holford
50. Thomas Holland
51. Laurence Humphreys (or Humphrey)
52. John Ingram
53. John Ireland
54. William Ireland
55. Edward James
56. Edward Jones
57. Brian Lacey
58. Richard Langhorne
59. Richard Langley
60. Richard Leigh
61. John Lockwood
62. William Marsden
63. Richard Martin
64. John Mason
65. Thomas Maxfield
66. Anthony Middleton
67. Ralph Milner
68. Hugh More
69. Robert Morton
70. John Munden
71. George Napper (alias Napier)
72. Richard Newport, (also known as Richard Smith)
73. John Nutter
74. Edward Oldcorne
75. Francis Page
76. William Patenson
77. John Pibush
78. Thomas Pickering
79. Philip Powell
80. Alexander Rawlins
81. Thomas Reynolds (born Thomas Green, possible alias Richard Reynolds)
82. William Richardson
83. John Robinson
84. John Roche
85. Patrick Salmon
86. Maurus Scott (William Scot)
87. Edward Shelley
88. John Slade
89. Thomas Somers
90. John Speed
91. William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
92. Edward Stransham
93. Robert Sutton
94. George Swallowell
95. Thomas Thwing
96. Thomas Tunstall
97. Anthony Turner
98. Thomas Warcop
99. William Ward
100. Edward Waterson
101. Robert Watkinson
102. William Way (alias May or Flower)
103. Thomas Welbourne
104. Thomas Whitbread
105. Robert Widmerpool
106. Robert Wilcox
107. Peter Wright

Liturgical Feast Day

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.

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

• List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation