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BL. HUGH FARINGDON, MARTYR - 15 NOVEMBER

 

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BLESSED HUGH FARINGDON, MARTYR

The Martyrdom of Hugh Faringdon,
last Abbot of Reading by 
Harry Morley

Hugh Faringdon (Vere Cook) was an English martyr, born probably at Faringdon, Berkshire, date unknown; he died at Reading, November 15, 1539. The name of his probable birthplace is also the surname by which he is generally known, but he bore the arms of Cook of Kent. 

He was elected Abbot of Reading in July, and confirmed, September 26, 1520. Henry VIII was his guest on January 30, 1521, and he later became one of the royal chaplains. Among Henry's New Year gifts in 1532 was £20 in a white leather purse to the Abbot of Reading. Faringdon sat in Parliament from 1523 to 1539. In 1536 he signed the articles of faith passed by Convocation at the king's desire, which virtually acknowledge the royal supremacy. On Sunday, November 4, 1537, he sang the requiem and dirge for Queen Jane Seymour, and was present at the burial on November 12. As late as March, 1538, he was in favour, being placed in the commission of the peace for Berkshire; but in 1539, as he declined to surrender the abbey, it became necessary to attaint him of high treason. 

As a mitred abbot he was entitled to be tried by Parliament, but no scruples troubled the chancellor, Thomas Cromwell. His death sentence was passed before his trial began. With him suffered John Eynon (or Onyon), a priest of St Giles's, Reading, and John Rugg, a former fellow of the two St Mary Winton colleges and the first holder of the prebend "Bursalis" at Chichester, who had obtained a dispensation from residence and was living at Reading in 1532. [These holy martyrs were beatified by Pope Leo XIII.]

Source: John Bannerman Wainewright, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Hugh confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.



























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