WELCOME! BL. WILLIAM GREENWOOD, CARTHUSIAN MARTYR A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) ⬅️ Forty Holy Martyrs of England and Wales In June 1537, William Greenwood (Grenewode), a Carthusian brother, was killed with several of his fellow monks by slow starvation. Their martyrdom took place at Newgate, London, under Henry VIII. The names of his fellow sufferers, according to the English Martyrs' Calendar *, are as follows: priests Thomas Johnson, Richard Bere and Thomas Green (Greene), monk John Davy, and lay brothers Thomas Redyng, Thomas Scryven and Walter Pierson. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 797) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the Carthusian Martyrs may increase our devotion and promote our salvation....