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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Carthusian martyrs

The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...

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Charterhouse

The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...

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