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Blessed Thomas Hemerford and One Hundred and Six Companion Martyrs
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Died Between 12 July 1541 (David Gonson) – 29 December 1680 (William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford), within England and Wales, many at Tyburn
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 15 December 1929, by Pope Pius XI
Feast 4 May, various for individual martyrs
Attributes martyr's palm
knife in chest
noose in neck
book or bible
crucifix
chaucible
Eucharist
various religious habits
crown of martyrdom

One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales, also known as Thomas Hemerford and One Hundred and Six Companion Martyrs, are a group of clergy and laypersons who were executed on charges of treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1541 and 1680. They are considered martyrs in the Roman Catholic Church and were beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI.

List of individual names

They were chosen from a number of priests and laymen executed between 1584 and 1679. Their names were:

  1. Henry Abbot
  2. John Amias
  3. Robert Anderton
  4. William Andleby
  5. Ralph Ashley
  6. Thomas Aufield
  7. Christopher Bales
  8. Mark Barkworth
  9. William Barrow
  10. James Bell
  11. James Bird (or Byrd or Beard)
  12. John Bodey
  13. Thomas Bosgrave
  14. William Browne
  15. Christopher Buxton
  16. Edward Campion (also known as Gerard Edwards)
  17. John Carey
  18. Edmund Catherick
  19. James Claxton (Clarkson)
  20. Edward Colman (or Coleman)
  21. Ralph Corbie
  22. John Cornelius
  23. Ralph Crockett
  24. Robert Dalby
  25. William Dean
  26. Francis Dicconson
  27. Roger Dicconson
  28. James Duckett
  29. John Duckett
  30. Thomas Felton
  31. James Fenn
  32. John Fenwick
  33. John Finch
  34. William Freeman
  35. Edward Fulthrop
  36. John Gavan
  37. Miles Gerard
  38. George Gervase
  39. David Gonson (or Gunston)
  40. Hugh Green
  41. John Grove
  42. William Gunter
  43. William Harrington
  44. William Hartley
  45. Thomas Hemerford
  46. Richard Herst (Hurst)
  47. John Hewitt (alias Weldon, alias Savell)
  48. Sydney Hodgson
  49. Thomas Holford
  50. Thomas Holland
  51. Laurence Humphreys (or Humphrey)
  52. John Ingram
  53. John Ireland
  54. William Ireland
  55. Edward James
  56. Edward Jones
  57. Brian Lacey
  58. Richard Langhorne
  59. Richard Langley
  60. Richard Leigh
  61. John Lockwood
  62. William Marsden
  63. Richard Martin
  64. John Mason
  65. Thomas Maxfield
  66. Anthony Middleton
  67. Ralph Milner
  68. Hugh More
  69. Robert Morton
  70. John Munden
  71. George Napper (alias Napier)
  72. Richard Newport, (also known as Richard Smith)
  73. John Nutter
  74. Edward Oldcorne
  75. Francis Page
  76. William Patenson
  77. John Pibush
  78. Thomas Pickering
  79. Philip Powell
  80. Alexander Rawlins
  81. Thomas Reynolds (born Thomas Green, possible alias Richard Reynolds)
  82. William Richardson
  83. John Robinson
  84. John Roche
  85. Patrick Salmon
  86. Maurus Scott (William Scot)
  87. Edward Shelley
  88. John Slade
  89. Thomas Somers
  90. John Speed
  91. William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford
  92. Edward Stransham
  93. Robert Sutton
  94. George Swallowell
  95. Thomas Thwing
  96. Thomas Tunstall
  97. Anthony Turner
  98. Thomas Warcop
  99. William Ward
  100. Edward Waterson
  101. Robert Watkinson
  102. William Way (alias May or Flower)
  103. Thomas Welbourne
  104. Thomas Whitbread
  105. Robert Widmerpool
  106. Robert Wilcox
  107. Peter Wright

Liturgical Feast Day

In England these martyrs, together with those beatified between 1886 and 1929, are commemorated by a feast day on 4 May. This day also honours the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales who hold the rank of saint; the Forty Martyrs were honoured separately on 25 October until the liturgical calendar for England was revised in the year 2000.

In Wales, 4 May specifically commemorates the beatified martyrs of England and Wales. Three of the martyrs named in this group of 107 – William Gunter, Edward Jones, and Philip Powell – have Welsh connections.

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