Thomas Felton
Franciscan cleric and martyr at London
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At London in England, Blessed William Dean, priest, and seven companions, martyrs, who under Queen Elizabeth I, on the same day but in different places in the city or nearby, suffered martyrdom by hanging for the kingdom of God.
Among those named is Blessed Thomas Felton, cleric of the Order of Friars Minor.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 August as a cleric of the Order of Friars Minor hanged at London under Queen Elizabeth I with Blessed William Dean and their companions.
Connected on this site
- Henry Webley Blessed“A layman named in the Roman Martyrology for 28 August with Hugh More among a group of English martyrs that also included the priests William Gunter, Robert Morton, Thomas Holford and James Claxton and the Franciscan cleric Thomas Felton.” — this site's research
- Robert Morton Blessed“A priest named in the Roman Martyrology for 28 August among a group of English martyrs with the priests William Gunter, Thomas Holford and James Claxton, the Franciscan cleric Thomas Felton and the laymen Henry Webley and Hugh More.” — this site's research
- William Dean Blessed“At London in England, Blessed William Dean, priest, and seven companions, martyrs, who under Queen Elizabeth I, on the same day but in different places in the city or nearby, suffered martyrdom by hanging for the kingdom of God.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 28 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7789552 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.