Blessed Thomas Plumtree
- Memorial
- 4 February
- Profile
- Studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Rector of Stubton.
Chaplain to northern insurgents in the Catholic Rising of the North against the repressions of Queen Elizabeth I.
Captured when the revolt failed completely, he was arrested at the altar, and charged with celebrating Mass.
Offered his freedom if he would denouce Catholicism; he delined.
Martyr.
- Born
- in Lincolnshire, England
- Died
- hanged in 1570 in the market place at Durham Castle
- Beatified
- 1886
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