Francis Ingleby (c. 1551 – 3 June 1586) was a
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
martyr executed in
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
, England during the reign of
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudo ...
.
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
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The l ...
, (c. 1565), and was a student of the
Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional association for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practice as a barrister in England and Wa ...
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.
[Wainewright, John Bannerman. "Venerable Francis Ingleby", ''Lives of the English Martyrs'', (Edwin H. Burton and J. H. Pollen eds.), London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1914]
/ref>
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
Margaret Clitherow (''née'' Middleton, ''c.'' 1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests. She was can ...
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
To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torture, torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of High treason in the United Kingdom, high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convi ...
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."John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
In his you ...
.
See also
* Catholic Church in the United Kingdom
* Douai Martyrs
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingleby, Francis
1550s births
1586 deaths
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
English College, Douai alumni
16th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
English venerated Catholics
16th-century English Roman Catholic priests
Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales
Francis