ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 28th of August WELCOME! BLESSED ROBERT MORTON, PRIEST AND MARTYR Today's 12-14 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London ⬅️ The English Martyrs [Blessed Robert Morton] was an English priest and martyr, born at Bawtry, Yorks., about 1548; executed in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Wednesday, August 28, 1588. He was the son of Robert Morton, and nephew of Dr Nicholas Morton, was ordained deacon at Rome and priest at Reims in 1587, and condemned at Newgate August 26 merely for being a priest contrary to 27 Eliz., c. 2. At the same time and place suffered Hugh Moor, a layman, aged 25, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Gray's Inn, London, for having been reconciled to the Church by Fr Thomas Stephenson, S.J. On the same day suffered (1) at Mile End, William Dean , a priest; and Henry Webley, a layman, born in the city of Gloucester; (2) near the Theatre, William Gunter , a priest, born at Raglan, Monmouthshir...