Humphrey Pritchard

Who they were

Humphrey Pritchard was a layman who worked as a servant. The source records that he was put to death for the faith at Oxford in 1589. He was beatified on 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II among the eighty-five martyrs of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

Put to death at Oxford in 1589 for the Catholic faith.

Connected on this site

• Richard Yaxley Blessed
  “Richard Yaxley was a priest who was put to death at Oxford on 5 July 1589, under Elizabeth I, together with George Nichols, Thomas Belson and Humphrey Pritchard.” — this site's research