Francis Ingleby

Venerable Francis Ingleby (ca 1551- June 3rd, 1586); was put to death for his Roman Catholic faith in York, England during the rign of Elizabeth I. He was the fourth son of Sir William Ingleby, a knight of Ripley, Yorkshire, and Anne, daughter of Sir William Malory, a knight of Studley. He was probably a scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford, in and before 1565, and was a student of the Inner Temple by 1576. On August 18th, 1582 he arrived at the English College, Reims, where he lived at his own expense. He was ordained a year later as a subdeacon at Loan on May 28th, a deacon at Reims on September 24th, and a priest at Loan on December 24th. He left for England April 5th 1584. He laboured with great zeal in York, where he was arrested in the spring of 1586, and lodged in the castle. He was one of the priests whom the Venerable Margaret Clitherow was arraigned for harbouring. At the prison door, while shackles were being fastened on his legs he smilingly said, "I fear me I shall be overproud of my boots." He was condemned for being a priest. When sentence was pronounced he exclaimed, "Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium". He has been described as short but well-made, fair-complexioned, with a chestnut beard, and a slight cast in his eyes.

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.