Person    | Male  Born 1486  Died 4/5/1535

Saint John Houghton

Categories: Religion, Tragedy

One of the 18 Carthusian Martyrs. Prior of The London Charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery. Refused to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. Martyred at Tyburn.

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Saint John Houghton

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