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John Sugar (Suker) (born at Wombourn, Staffordshire, 1558; executed at Warwick, 16 July 1604) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.

Life

He matriculated at the University of Oxford from St. Mary Hall, 30 October, 1584, and is described as the son of a priest (clerici filius). He left without taking a degree, it is said because he disliked the Oath of Supremacy; but it appears that he acted as a Protestant minister at Cannock, Staffordshire, for some time.

He was ordained priest from the English College, Douai (1601), and sent on the mission the same year. He was arrested 8 July, 1603, at Rowington, Warwickshire, with Robert Grissold, a native of Rowington (in the service of Mr. Sheldon of Broadway, Worcestershire), who was in attendance on him. After a year's imprisonment at Warwick they were condemned there 14 July, Sugar for being a priest, and Greswold for assisting him. Sugar was cut down before he was fully dead. Greswold was offered his life if he would promise to conform.

References

Richard Challoner, Missionary Priests, II, nos. 135, 136;
Foster, Alumni Oxonienses (Oxford, 1892);
Knox, Douay Diaries (London, 1878), 17, 32;
Pollen, Acts of the English Martyrs (London, 1891), 321.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Template:BD

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 He matriculated at the [[University of Oxford]] from [[St. Mary Hall]], 30 October, 1584, and is described as the son of a priest (''clerici filius''). He left without taking a degree, it is said because he disliked the [[Oath of Supremacy]]; but it appears that he acted as a Protestant minister at [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]], for some time.
-He was ordained priest from the [[English College, Douai]] (1601), and sent on the mission the same year. He was arrested 8 July, 1603, at [[Rowington]], [[Warwickshire]], with [[Robert Greswold]] (Grissold, Griswold), a native of Rowington (in the service of Mr. Sheldon of [[Broadway, Worcestershire]]), who was in attendance on him. After a year's imprisonment at Warwick they were condemned there 14 July, Sugar for being a priest, and Greswold for assisting him. Sugar was cut down before he was fully dead. Greswold was offered his life if he would promise to conform.
+He was ordained priest from the [[English College, Douai]] (1601), and sent on the mission the same year. He was arrested 8 July, 1603, at [[Rowington]], [[Warwickshire]], with '''Robert Grissold''', a native of Rowington (in the service of Mr. Sheldon of [[Broadway, Worcestershire]]), who was in attendance on him. After a year's imprisonment at Warwick they were condemned there 14 July, Sugar for being a priest, and Greswold for assisting him. Sugar was cut down before he was fully dead. Greswold was offered his life if he would promise to conform.
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