Francis Ingleby

Francis Ingleby (c. 1551 – 3 June 1586) was a Roman Catholic martyr executed in York, England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

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Francis Ingleby
Martyr
Bornc.1551
North Yorkshire, England
Died3 June 1586 (aged 34 - 35)
Knavesmire, York, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Feast3 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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