tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post9132727684064706986..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: The Great Book of Common Prayer Give-AwayElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-5904486224692751662007-09-02T11:18:00.000-04:002007-09-02T11:18:00.000-04:00The Carthusian Martyrs of London:On May 4, 1535, F...The Carthusian Martyrs of London:<BR/><BR/>On May 4, 1535, Fr. Houghton, Fr. Lawrence, and Fr. Webster were led to the Tower Gate. The martyrs, still dressed in their white religious habits, were tied to a sled and dragged by horses through the dirty streets to the public gallows at Tyburn...<BR/><BR/>Prior Houghton was hanged first. He dangled for a few moments, then was cut down and disemboweled as he prayed, "0 Jesus, have mercy on me!" His last words, as the executioner ripped out his heart, were "Good Jesus, what will you do with my heart?" The Prior was dead. Priors Lawrence and Webster suffered the same. Each had been offered a full pardon if he would accept Henry VIII as head of the Church, but they could not in conscience before God and would not. They were beheaded and their dismembered bodies displayed, with Prior Houghton's limbs nailed over his monastery gate to persuade the Carthusians to yield.<BR/><BR/>http://soli.inav.net/~jfischer/jun99/barrybossa.htmlMuerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983180202172098977noreply@blogger.com