tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post1679710456363013833..comments2024-03-26T02:26:10.065-05:00Comments on Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Holy Martyrs of England, Pray for Us!Stephanie A. Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-50520069822820407372016-05-08T12:28:20.503-05:002016-05-08T12:28:20.503-05:00I have posted often on Elizabeth Barton! http://su...I have posted often on Elizabeth Barton! http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/search?q=Elizabeth+BartonStephanie A. Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14796489639420491857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-38132072479509927372016-05-08T10:00:04.013-05:002016-05-08T10:00:04.013-05:00We should not overlook the Holy Maid of Kent, Elis...We should not overlook the Holy Maid of Kent, Elisabeth Barton, who strongly opposed the King's marriage to Anne Boleyn and, in around 1532, began prophesying that if Henry remarried, he would die shortly after. She said she had seen the place in Hell where he would go. (Henry actually lived for another 15 years.) Barton went unpunished for nearly a year - largely, it appears, because of her popularity. However the King's agents spread rumours that she was engaged in sexual relationships with priests and that she suffered from mental illness. With her reputation undermined, the Crown arrested Barton in 1533 and forced her to confess that she had fabricated her revelations. However, all that is known regarding her confession comes from Thomas Cromwell, his agents, and other sources on the side of the Crown.<br />Friar John Laurence of the Observant Friars of Greenwich gave evidence against the Maid and against fellow Observants, Friars Hugh Rich and Richard Risby. Laurence then requested to be named to one of the posts left vacant by their imprisonment. After an abortive trial in Star Chamber she was condemned by an attainder (25 Henry VIII, c. 12); an act of Parliament authorising punishment without trial. She, along with her chief supporters, Fr Hugh Rich, guardian of the Franciscans at Canterbury, Richard Risby guardian of Richmond and Dr Edward Bocking her Benedictine spiritual director, together with Dom John Dering and two secular priests Richard Masters and Henry Gold were hanged for treason at Tyburn on 20 April 1534. Their life was offered on the scaffold if they would abjure the Roman faith and admit the Royal Supremacy. <br />motupropriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261356560114077508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895518556533459607.post-80540620305789408182016-05-04T02:33:13.662-05:002016-05-04T02:33:13.662-05:00Our Lady of Walsingham pray for them,our Brethren ...Our Lady of Walsingham pray for them,our Brethren who suffer today and for usMatthiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456674919360020280noreply@blogger.com