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{{Short description|English Roman Catholic priest and martyr}}
'''William Dean''' (born in [[Yorkshire]], England, date uncertain, executed [[28 August]][[1588]]) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1929.<ref>http://saints.sqpn.com/saintw33.htm</ref>
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'''William Dean''' or '''Deane''' (died 28 August 1588) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is one of the [[List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation|Catholic martyrs]], [[beatified]] in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saints.sqpn.com/saintw33.htm |title=Patron Saints Index: Blessed William Dean |publisher=Saints.sqpn.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Venn" />


==Life==
==Life==
Son of Thomas B. of [[Grassington]] [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] William Dean attended schools in [[Leeds]] and [[Clitheroe]].<ref name="Venn" />


Dean was matriculated [[sizar]] from [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] in 1575 and was admitted [[pensioner]] at [[Caius College, Cambridge]] in November 1577, aged 20.<ref name="Venn">{{acad|id=DN575W|name=Deane, William}}</ref> He then became a minister. In 1581, he was reconciled to the Catholic faith by the seminary priest [[Thomas Aufield|Thomas Alfield]].<ref name=Dunn>[https://archive.org/details/livesofenglishma01burtuoft/page/350/mode/2up Dunn, Henry E., "Venerable William Dean", ''Lives of the English Martyrs''], (Edwin Hubert Burton and John Hungerford Pollen,eds.) Longmans, Green and Co., 1914, 351.{{PD-notice}}</ref>
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He studied at [[Reims]] and was ordained priest at [[Soissons]], 21 December, 1581, together with the martyrs [[George Haydock]] and [[Robert Nutter]]. Their ordination coincided with the time that the news of [[Edmund Campion]]'s death reached the college.


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That same year he studied at the [[English College, Douai|English College]], [[Reims]] and was ordained priest at [[Soissons]], 21 December 1581, together with the martyrs [[George Haydock]] and [[Robert Nutter]]. Their ordination coincided with the news of [[Edmund Campion]]'s death reaching the college.<ref name=Camm>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04660a.htm Camm, Bede. "Ven. William Dean." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 24 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref>
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Dean said his first Mass 9 January and left for England 25 January, 1581. He was banished with a number of other priests in 1585, put ashore on the coast of [[Normandy]], and threatened with death if he dared to go back to England. Nevertheless he quickly returned to his mission work there and was again arrested, tried, and condemned for his priesthood, 22 August, 1588.


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Dean said his first Mass on 9 January 1582 and left for England 25 January. He was arrested 21 February and sent to [[Newgate prison]] and subjected to torture. In April 1584 he was moved to [[The Clink]]. He was banished with a number of other priests in early 1585, put ashore on the coast of [[Normandy]], and threatened with death if he returned to England.
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The failure of the [[Spanish Armada]] brought about a fierce anti-Catholic persecution and some twenty-seven Catholics were executed that year. Six new [[gibbet]]s were erected in London, it is said at the [[Earl of Leicester]]'s instigation, and Dean, who had been condemned with five other priests and four laymen, was the first to suffer on the gallows erected at [[Mile End]]. With him died a layman, '''Henry Webley''', for relieving and assisting him.


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Nevertheless, in November he returned to his mission work and was again arrested and confined to [[Gatehouse Prison]]. He was tried and condemned for his priesthood on 22 August 1588.<ref name=Camm/> Dean, who had been condemned with five other priests and four laymen, was the first to suffer on the gallows recently erected at [[Mile End]]. With him died a layman, Henry Webley, for relieving and assisting him.<ref name="Camm" />
At the execution Dean tried to speak to the people, "but his mouth was stopped by some that were in the cart, in such a violent manner that they were like to have prevented the hangman of his wages". Seven Catholics died on the same day. Leicester died on 5 September, within a week of their execution.


At his execution Dean tried to speak to the people, but he was struck on the head and gagged.<ref name=Dunn/>
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==References==


==Henry Webley==
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*[[Richard Challoner]], Missionary Priests (1741), I, 209;
Henry Webley was born in Gloucester around 1558. From there he went to London, where he assisted William Dean during the priest's brief mission in the city. By 1586, the ports were being closely watched by both government officials and government spies. In April of that year, Webley was seized on board a ship at [[Chichester]] bound for France and sent to the [[Marshalsea]], where he remained for two years. His crimes included being reconciled to the Catholic religion, making his confession to Dean, and aiding and assisting the priest. His trial was held in the latter part of August 1588 at the Old Bailey, but appears to have been merely a formality since those sent for trial were those selected for execution.<ref name=Dunn /> Webley was hanged, along with Dean, at Mile End Green on 28 August 1588.
*Stow, Annales (1615), 749;

*'''Douay Diaries'' (1878);
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==Edward Shelley==
Edward Shelley of [[Warminghurst]], Sussex, and East Smithfield, London (son of Edward Shelley, of Warminghurst, a Master of the Household of the sovereign, and the settlor in [[Rule in Shelley's Case|"Shelley's case"]], and Joan, daughter of Paul Eden, of Penshurst, Kent). His grandfather was Sir John Shelley of Michelgrove near Arundel. He was apparently uncle by marriage to Benjamin Norton, afterwards one of the seven vicars of [[Richard Smith (bishop)|Dr. Richard Smith]].<ref name=Wainewright>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09138a.htm Wainewright, John. "Ven. Richard Leigh." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 3 Feb. 2014]</ref>

Aged 50 or 60, Shelley was already in [[The Clink]] for his religion in April, 1584. He was condemned for keeping a book called [[Leicester's Commonwealth|''My Lord Leicester's Commonwealth'']] and for having assisted William Dean. He was hanged at Tyburn 30 August 1588.<ref>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/96263 Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Riccardo Leigh, Edoardo Shelley, Riccardo Martin e Giovanni Roche Martiri", Santi e Beati, May 12, 2014]</ref>

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William Dean
Blessed
BornGrassington, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died28 August 1588
Mile End, London, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI

William Dean or Deane (died 28 August 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is one of the Catholic martyrs, beatified in 1929.[1][2]

Life[edit]

Son of Thomas B. of Grassington West Riding of Yorkshire William Dean attended schools in Leeds and Clitheroe.[2]

Dean was matriculated sizar from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1575 and was admitted pensioner at Caius College, Cambridge in November 1577, aged 20.[2] He then became a minister. In 1581, he was reconciled to the Catholic faith by the seminary priest Thomas Alfield.[3]

That same year he studied at the English College, Reims and was ordained priest at Soissons, 21 December 1581, together with the martyrs George Haydock and Robert Nutter. Their ordination coincided with the news of Edmund Campion's death reaching the college.[4]

Dean said his first Mass on 9 January 1582 and left for England 25 January. He was arrested 21 February and sent to Newgate prison and subjected to torture. In April 1584 he was moved to The Clink. He was banished with a number of other priests in early 1585, put ashore on the coast of Normandy, and threatened with death if he returned to England.

Nevertheless, in November he returned to his mission work and was again arrested and confined to Gatehouse Prison. He was tried and condemned for his priesthood on 22 August 1588.[4] Dean, who had been condemned with five other priests and four laymen, was the first to suffer on the gallows recently erected at Mile End. With him died a layman, Henry Webley, for relieving and assisting him.[4]

At his execution Dean tried to speak to the people, but he was struck on the head and gagged.[3]

Henry Webley[edit]

Henry Webley was born in Gloucester around 1558. From there he went to London, where he assisted William Dean during the priest's brief mission in the city. By 1586, the ports were being closely watched by both government officials and government spies. In April of that year, Webley was seized on board a ship at Chichester bound for France and sent to the Marshalsea, where he remained for two years. His crimes included being reconciled to the Catholic religion, making his confession to Dean, and aiding and assisting the priest. His trial was held in the latter part of August 1588 at the Old Bailey, but appears to have been merely a formality since those sent for trial were those selected for execution.[3] Webley was hanged, along with Dean, at Mile End Green on 28 August 1588.

Edward Shelley
Blessed
Bornc.1530
Warminghurst, Sussex, England
Died30 August 1588
Tyburn, London, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Feast30 August

Edward Shelley[edit]

Edward Shelley of Warminghurst, Sussex, and East Smithfield, London (son of Edward Shelley, of Warminghurst, a Master of the Household of the sovereign, and the settlor in "Shelley's case", and Joan, daughter of Paul Eden, of Penshurst, Kent). His grandfather was Sir John Shelley of Michelgrove near Arundel. He was apparently uncle by marriage to Benjamin Norton, afterwards one of the seven vicars of Dr. Richard Smith.[5]

Aged 50 or 60, Shelley was already in The Clink for his religion in April, 1584. He was condemned for keeping a book called My Lord Leicester's Commonwealth and for having assisted William Dean. He was hanged at Tyburn 30 August 1588.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Patron Saints Index: Blessed William Dean". Saints.sqpn.com. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Deane, William (DN575W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b c Dunn, Henry E., "Venerable William Dean", Lives of the English Martyrs, (Edwin Hubert Burton and John Hungerford Pollen,eds.) Longmans, Green and Co., 1914, 351.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b c Camm, Bede. "Ven. William Dean." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 24 March 2020Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Wainewright, John. "Ven. Richard Leigh." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 3 Feb. 2014
  6. ^ Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Riccardo Leigh, Edoardo Shelley, Riccardo Martin e Giovanni Roche Martiri", Santi e Beati, May 12, 2014
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