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'''Mathew Flathers''' (Matthew; alias Major) (b. probably c. 1580 at [[Weston, Yorkshire]], England; executed at [[York]], 21 March 1607) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987.
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'''Mathew Flathers''' (Matthew; alias Major) ({{circa}} 1580 – 21 March {{circa}} 1607) was an English [[Roman Catholic]] priest. He is a Catholic martyr, [[beatified]] in 1987.


==Life==
==Life==
Born at [[Weston, North Yorkshire|Weston]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], Flathers was educated at [[Douai]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kelly |first1=James E. |title=The Contested Appropriation of George Gervase's Martyrdom: European Religious Patronage and the Controversy over the Oath of Allegiance |journal=Journal of British Studies |date=April 2018 |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=253–274 |doi=10.1017/jbr.2017.235 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/contested-appropriation-of-george-gervases-martyrdom-european-religious-patronage-and-the-controversy-over-the-oath-of-allegiance/ABFDC47269C6E7197ADA86265AF4FF30 |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en |issn=0021-9371}}</ref> graduating on 5 June 1605.<ref name="dodd">{{cite book |last1=Dodd |first1=Charles |last2=Tootell |first2=Hugh |title=Dodd's Church History of England, from the Commencement of the Sixteenth Century to the Revolution in 1688 |date=1843 |publisher=Charles Dolman |page=7 |language=en}}</ref> He was ordained at [[Arras]] on 25 March 1606.<ref name="dodd" /> and became an [[oblate]] of the [[Benedictine]] order.<ref name="camm" /> Three months later he was sent to the English mission, arriving on 30 June alongside Thomas Somers.<ref name="dodd" />
He was educated at [[Douai]], and ordained at [[Arras]], 25 March 1606. Three months later he was sent to the English mission, but was discovered almost immediately by the agents of the Government; after the [[Gunpowder Plot]], the English state was particularly active in hunting down Catholic priests.

Flathers was discovered almost immediately by the agents of the Government; after the [[Gunpowder Plot]], the English state was particularly active in hunting down Catholic priests. He was brought to trial, under the statute of 27 Elizabeth, on the charge of receiving orders abroad, and condemned to death. By an act of clemency, this sentence was commuted to banishment for life; but after a brief exile, Flathers returned to England and his mission. After ministering for a short time to Catholics in Yorkshire, he was apprehended again through the efforts of [[Stephen Proctor]], [[Timothy Whittingham]], and [[Thomas Posthumous Hoby]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jensen |first1=Phebe |title=Recusancy, Festivity and Community: The Simpsons at Gowlthwaite Hall |journal=Reformation |date=January 2002 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=75–102 |doi=10.1179/ref_2002_6_1_005 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/ref_2002_6_1_005 |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en |issn=1357-4175}}</ref>


He was brought to trial, under the statute of 27 Elizabeth, on the charge of receiving orders abroad, and condemned to death. By an act of clemency, this sentence was commuted to banishment for life; but after a brief exile, Flathers returned to England and his mission. After ministering for a short time to Catholics in Yorkshire, he was again apprehended.
Brought to trial at York on the charge of being ordained abroad and exercising priestly functions in England, Flathers was offered his life on condition that he take the recently enacted [[Oath of Allegiance]]. On his refusal, he was condemned to death and taken to the common place of execution outside [[Micklegate Bar]], York.


There Flathers was [[hanged, drawn, and quartered]]; biographers recorded that after he was cut down alive, a man "with a halberd stroke him upon the head and cutt off a peece, another with a sword cutt him overthwart the face", and a third "with a hatchet cutt off his head".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Questier |first1=M. |title=Catholic Loyalism in Early Stuart England |journal=The English Historical Review |date=1 October 2008 |volume=CXXIII |issue=504 |pages=1132–1165 |doi=10.1093/ehr/cen253 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article-abstract/CXXIII/504/1132/410735 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref> Various sources give the year of his death as 1606, 1607, or 1608, but agree on a date of 21 March.<ref name="camm">{{cite journal |last1=Camm |first1=Bede |title=The Ven. George Gervase, O.S.B |journal=The Downside Review |date=October 1927 |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=219–229 |doi=10.1177/001258062704500302 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/001258062704500302?journalCode=tdra |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
Brought to trial at York on the charge of being ordained abroad and exercising priestly functions in England, Flathers was offered his life on condition that he take the recently enacted [[Oath of Allegiance]]. On his refusal, he was condemned to death and taken to the common place of execution outside [[Micklegate Bar]], York, where he was [[hanged, drawn, and quartered]].


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:02, 22 January 2024

Blessed

Matthew Flathers
Martyr
Bornc. 1580
Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died21 March 1607
Micklegate Bar, York
Beatified22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Feast21 March, 22 November (with the Douai Martyrs)

Mathew Flathers (Matthew; alias Major) (c. 1580 – 21 March c. 1607) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

Life[edit]

Born at Weston, West Riding of Yorkshire, Flathers was educated at Douai,[1] graduating on 5 June 1605.[2] He was ordained at Arras on 25 March 1606.[2] and became an oblate of the Benedictine order.[3] Three months later he was sent to the English mission, arriving on 30 June alongside Thomas Somers.[2]

Flathers was discovered almost immediately by the agents of the Government; after the Gunpowder Plot, the English state was particularly active in hunting down Catholic priests. He was brought to trial, under the statute of 27 Elizabeth, on the charge of receiving orders abroad, and condemned to death. By an act of clemency, this sentence was commuted to banishment for life; but after a brief exile, Flathers returned to England and his mission. After ministering for a short time to Catholics in Yorkshire, he was apprehended again through the efforts of Stephen Proctor, Timothy Whittingham, and Thomas Posthumous Hoby.[4]

Brought to trial at York on the charge of being ordained abroad and exercising priestly functions in England, Flathers was offered his life on condition that he take the recently enacted Oath of Allegiance. On his refusal, he was condemned to death and taken to the common place of execution outside Micklegate Bar, York.

There Flathers was hanged, drawn, and quartered; biographers recorded that after he was cut down alive, a man "with a halberd stroke him upon the head and cutt off a peece, another with a sword cutt him overthwart the face", and a third "with a hatchet cutt off his head".[5] Various sources give the year of his death as 1606, 1607, or 1608, but agree on a date of 21 March.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kelly, James E. (April 2018). "The Contested Appropriation of George Gervase's Martyrdom: European Religious Patronage and the Controversy over the Oath of Allegiance". Journal of British Studies. 57 (2): 253–274. doi:10.1017/jbr.2017.235. ISSN 0021-9371. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Dodd, Charles; Tootell, Hugh (1843). Dodd's Church History of England, from the Commencement of the Sixteenth Century to the Revolution in 1688. Charles Dolman. p. 7.
  3. ^ a b Camm, Bede (October 1927). "The Ven. George Gervase, O.S.B". The Downside Review. 45 (3): 219–229. doi:10.1177/001258062704500302. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ Jensen, Phebe (January 2002). "Recusancy, Festivity and Community: The Simpsons at Gowlthwaite Hall". Reformation. 6 (1): 75–102. doi:10.1179/ref_2002_6_1_005. ISSN 1357-4175. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ Questier, M. (1 October 2008). "Catholic Loyalism in Early Stuart England". The English Historical Review. CXXIII (504): 1132–1165. doi:10.1093/ehr/cen253. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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