Edward Jones

Who they were

Edward Jones, from the Diocese of St Asaph in Wales, was raised an Anglican and received into the Church at Reims in 1587; he was ordained in 1588 and went to England.

In 1590 a priest-catcher posing as a Catholic had him arrested in Fleet Street. Tortured by Topcliffe in the Tower, he defended himself skilfully, but was convicted of treason as a priest and hanged, drawn and quartered in Fleet Street on 6 May 1590.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

A Welsh convert who gave his life as a priest.

Connected on this site

• Anthony Middleton Blessed
  “He was captured by Richard Topcliffe in Fleet Street, London, close to where he was hanged, drawn and quartered with Edward Jones on 6 May 1590.” — Wikipedia