James Walworth

Who they were

The Roman Martyrology for 11 May places him at York with John Rochester, priests and monks of the Charterhouse of London who, under King Henry VIII, were hung in chains from the battlements of the city walls until they died, for their fidelity to the Church.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

Died in chains on the walls of York for his fidelity to the Church.

Connected on this site

• John Rochester Blessed
  “Arrested and sent to the Charterhouse at Hull, he was taken to York and hanged in chains there on 11 May 1537, with his fellow Carthusian James Walworth.” — this site's research