William Filby (Roman Catholic priest)
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William Filby (born in Oxfordshire, England between 1557 and 1560; executed at Tyburn, 30 May 1582) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was beatified in 1886.[1]
Life
Educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, he was admitted to the seminary at Reims, 12 October 1579. He was ordained priest at Reims, 25 March 1581, and shortly after left for the English mission.
He was arrested in July, committed to the Tower of London, removed 14 August to the Marshalsea, and thence back to the Tower again. He was sentenced 17 November, and from that date till he died was loaded with manacles. He was also deprived of his bedding for two months.
With him died Thomas Cottam, Luke Kirby, and Laurence Richardson.
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- 1560 births
- 1583 deaths
- English Roman Catholic priests
- English beatified people
- Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
- 16th-century venerated Christians
- Executed people from Oxfordshire
- 16th-century English people
- 16th-century Roman Catholics
- Prisoners in the Tower of London
- People executed under the Tudors for treason against England
- 16th-century executions by England
- People executed under Elizabeth I of England
- People executed at Tyburn
