ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 1st of October
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BLESSED EDWARD JAMES, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Edward James was born at Braiston, in Derbyshire, and was, for some time, student in the college of Rheims; from whence he was sent to Rome, 1588. Here he was made priest; and from hence he was sent upon the English mission. He was apprehended, prosecuted and condemned, barely upon account of his priestly character; and was martyred on the same day, and at the same place, as Mr Ralph Crokett, who had been born at Barton upon the Hill in Cheshire, had performed his studies at Rheims, and was an alumnus and priest of the college then residing in that city: from whence he had been sent upon the English mission in 1585. The particulars of his missionary labours, or of his apprehension and trial, I have not found, only that he was prosecuted and condemned upon the penal statute of 27 Elizabeth, and had been sentenced to die, as in cases of high treason, barely upon account of his priestly character and functions.
After having been drawn, hanged, bowelled and quartered, at Chichester, October 1, 1588, Mr James' and Mr Crokett's quarters were set upon poles over the gates of the city; through one of which a catholic man passing early in the morning, found one of these quarters which had fallen down, which, by the size, was judged to be Mr Ralph Crokett's (he having been a tall man, whereas Mr James was of low stature). This quarter was carried off, and sent over to Douay, where I have seen it.
From the Bishop of Chalcedon's Catalogue, and the Douay Journals.
Source: Bishop Richard Challoner, Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Volume 2
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