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{{short description|English politician and Roman Catholic martyr}}
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|birth_place=[[Northumberland]], [[England]]
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|titles=Martyr
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|beatified_date=1886
|beatified_date=29 December 1886
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'''Blessed John Story''' (or '''Storey''') (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an [[England|English]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[martyr]] and [[Member of Parliament]].
'''John Story''' (or '''Storey''') (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an [[England|English]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[martyr]] and [[Member of Parliament]]. Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducted to England, where he was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]], and subsequently executed at [[Tyburn]] on a charge of treason.


==Life==
==Life==
He was born in 1504, the son of Nicholas and Joan Story of Salisbury. He became a [[Secular Franciscan Order|Franciscan tertiary]]. Story was educated at Hinxsey Hall, [[University of Oxford]], where he became lecturer on [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] in 1535, and two years later became principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards [[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]].<ref name=wainewright>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm Wainewright, John. "Bl. John Story." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 28 May 2013]</ref> He received his D.C.L. in 1538, and the following year resigned his position at Broadgates and was admitted as an advocate at [[Doctors' Commons]]. He married Joan Watts.
He was born in 1504, the son of Nicholas and Joan Story of Salisbury. He became a [[Secular Franciscan Order|Franciscan tertiary]]. Story was educated at Hinxsey Hall, [[University of Oxford]], where he became lecturer on [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] in 1535, and two years later became principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards [[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]].<ref name=wainewright>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08485b.htm Wainewright, John. "Bl. John Story." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 28 May 2013]</ref> He received his D.C.L. in 1538, and the following year resigned his position at Broadgates and was admitted as an advocate at [[Doctors' Commons]]. He married Joan Watts.


He appears to have temporarily abjured his [[Roman Catholic]] beliefs and took the Oath of Supremacy. In 1544, in recognition of legal services performed in Boulogne for the crown, King [[Henry VIII]]confirmed Story in the position of [[Regius Professor of Civil Law (Oxford)|Regius Professor of civil law]] at Oxford. Having been chosen [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury]] in 1545 and [[Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hindon]] in [[Wiltshire]]. Just after the accession of [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]] in 1547, Story gained notoriety by his opposition to the [[Act of Uniformity 1549|Act of Uniformity]] in 1548. For crying out "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child," Story was imprisoned by the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], but he was soon released and went into exile{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} with his family to Louvain, where he became a member of the University.
He appears to have temporarily abjured his [[Roman Catholic]] beliefs and took the [[Oath of Supremacy]]. In 1544, in recognition of legal services performed in Boulogne for the crown, King [[Henry VIII]] confirmed Story in the position of [[Regius Professor of Civil Law (Oxford)|Regius Professor of civil law]] at Oxford. Having been chosen [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury]] in 1545 and [[Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hindon]] in [[Wiltshire]]. Just after the accession of [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]] in 1547, Story gained notoriety by his opposition to the [[Act of Uniformity 1549|Act of Uniformity]] in 1548. For crying out "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child," Story was imprisoned by the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], but he was soon released and went into exile{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} with his family to Louvain, where he became a member of the University.


After the accession of Queen Mary he returned to England in August 1553. His patent as Regius Professor was renewed but he resigned his interest in his position at [[Oxford]], and was made chancellor of the dioceses of [[London]] and of Oxford and [[dean of arches]]. [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] being now on the throne, Story was one of the officials in prosecuting [[heresy]], and one of her proctors at the trial of [[Thomas Cranmer]] at Oxford in 1555.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
After the accession of Queen Mary he returned to England in August 1553. His patent as Regius Professor was renewed but he resigned his interest in his position at [[Oxford]], and was made chancellor of the dioceses of [[London]] and of Oxford and [[dean of arches]]. [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] being now on the throne, Story was one of the officials in prosecuting [[heresy]], and one of her proctors at the trial of [[Thomas Cranmer]] at Oxford in 1555.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}


Under [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], he was again returned to Parliament (as member for [[East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)|East Grinstead]] in 1553, [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]] in April 1554, [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] in November 1554, [[Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludgershall]] in 1555 and [[Downton (UK Parliament constituency)|Downton]] in 1559).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/story-john-1504-71| title = History of Parliament |accessdate = 2011-11-13}}</ref>
Under [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], he was again returned to Parliament (as member for [[East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)|East Grinstead]] in 1553, [[Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)|Bramber]] in April 1554, [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] in November 1554, [[Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ludgershall]] in 1555 and [[Downton (UK Parliament constituency)|Downton]] in 1559).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/story-john-1504-71| title = History of Parliament |accessdate = 2011-11-13}}</ref>
On 20 May 1560, he underwent a short imprisonment in the [[Fleet Prison|Fleet]] for "having obstinately refused attendance on public worship, and everywhere declaiming and railing against that religion we now profess."<ref name=Camm>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=Blessed+John+Story&source=bl&ots=hryGYAh8yU&sig=wT4aIZl29Bc368vDEwAowqV1c9c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6kvCx5srbAhUptlkKHW5eBvc4ChDoATAAegQIARAp#v=onepage&q=Blessed%20John%20Story&f=false Camm, Bede. "Blessed John story", ''Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 and 1895: Martyrs under Queen Elizabeth'', Burns and Oates, 1905, p. 46]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
On 20 May 1560, he underwent a short imprisonment in the [[Fleet Prison|Fleet]] for "having obstinately refused attendance on public worship, and everywhere declaiming and railing against that religion we now profess."<ref name=Camm>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMaAAAAMAAJ&dq=Blessed+John+Story&pg=PA80 Camm, Bede. "Blessed John story", ''Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 and 1895: Martyrs under Queen Elizabeth'', Burns and Oates, 1905, p. 46]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
In 1563, he was again arrested and committed to the [[Marshalsea]], but managed to escape to [[Flanders]], where he became a pensioner of [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II]], and acted as the King's almoner for the catholic exiles.
In 1563, he was again arrested and committed to the [[Marshalsea]], but managed to escape to [[Flanders]], where he became a pensioner of [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II]], and acted as the King's almoner for the Catholic exiles. Engaged by the [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] (Alva in Dutch), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, to prevent the export of heretical books from the [[Netherlands]] to England, he was lured onto a trading boat at [[Antwerp]] in 1570 and conveyed to [[Great Yarmouth|Yarmouth]]{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and thence to imprisonment in the Tower of London. According to [[Bede Camm]], Story represented the old order, and was well known among the Catholic refugees. Brought home by fraud and violence and then executed, Camm sees this as meant to send a message to the exiles, demonstrating "how strong Elizabeth was to punish and how powerless Spain to protect".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ql8wAQAAMAAJ&dq=John+Story+%28martyr%29&pg=PA102 Camm, Bede. ''Lives of the English Martyrs'', Intro p. xxii, Longmans, Green and Company, 1914]</ref>
The [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] authorized him to exclude certain classes of books from the [[Netherlands]] and, in 1570, while engaged in this work, he was decoyed on to a ship at [[Antwerp]] and conveyed to [[Great Yarmouth|Yarmouth]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}


In spite of his claim that he was a Spanish subject, he was tried for high treason (for having supported the [[Rising of the North|Northern Rebellion]] of 1569 and encouraging the Duke of Alba to invade) and was condemned to death on 2 May 1571. The spectacle of his trial moved [[Edmund Campion|St. Edmund Campion]], who was present, to reconsider both his own position and his Catholic duty.<ref name=wainewright/>
In spite of his claim that he was a Spanish subject, he was tried for high treason (for having supported the [[Rising of the North|Northern Rebellion]] of 1569 and encouraging the Duke of Alba to invade) and was condemned to death on 2 May 1571. The spectacle of his trial moved [[Edmund Campion|St. Edmund Campion]], who was present, to reconsider both his own position and his Catholic duty.<ref name=wainewright/>


He was executed at [[Tyburn, London|Tyburn]] by being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] on 1 June 1571.<ref name=saints>[http://saints.sqpn.com/saintjau.htm JOHN STOREY] online at saints.sqpn.com (accessed 23 February 2008)</ref>
He was executed at [[Tyburn, London|Tyburn]] by being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] on 1 June 1571. With the rope around his neck he made a long speech and pleaded on behalf of his wife "who hath four young children".


==Veneration==
==Veneration==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080118002546/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintjau.htm Catholic Forum Patron Saints Index: ''Blessed John Storey'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080118002546/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintjau.htm Catholic Forum Patron Saints Index: ''Blessed John Storey'']
*[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0601.shtml Saint of the Day, 1 June: ''Blessed John Storey''] at SaintPatrickDC.org
*[http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0601.shtml Saint of the Day, 1 June: ''Blessed John Storey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103173135/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0601.shtml |date=3 January 2010 }} at SaintPatrickDC.org
*{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05474a.htm|title=English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)}}
*{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05474a.htm|title=English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)}}
*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/story-john-1504-71 Story, John (c.1504-71)] The History of Parliament online: British Political, Social and Local History
*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/story-john-1504-71 Story, John (c.1504-71)] The History of Parliament online: British Political, Social and Local History
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Blessed

John Storey
Martyr
Born1504
Northumberland, England
Died1 June 1571
Tyburn, London, England
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified29 December 1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Feast1 June

John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament. Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducted to England, where he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently executed at Tyburn on a charge of treason.

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He was born in 1504, the son of Nicholas and Joan Story of Salisbury. He became a Franciscan tertiary. Story was educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, and two years later became principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.[1] He received his D.C.L. in 1538, and the following year resigned his position at Broadgates and was admitted as an advocate at Doctors' Commons. He married Joan Watts.

He appears to have temporarily abjured his Roman Catholic beliefs and took the Oath of Supremacy. In 1544, in recognition of legal services performed in Boulogne for the crown, King Henry VIII confirmed Story in the position of Regius Professor of civil law at Oxford. Having been chosen Member of Parliament for Salisbury in 1545 and Hindon in Wiltshire. Just after the accession of King Edward VI in 1547, Story gained notoriety by his opposition to the Act of Uniformity in 1548. For crying out "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child," Story was imprisoned by the House of Commons, but he was soon released and went into exile[2] with his family to Louvain, where he became a member of the University.

After the accession of Queen Mary he returned to England in August 1553. His patent as Regius Professor was renewed but he resigned his interest in his position at Oxford, and was made chancellor of the dioceses of London and of Oxford and dean of arches. Queen Mary being now on the throne, Story was one of the officials in prosecuting heresy, and one of her proctors at the trial of Thomas Cranmer at Oxford in 1555.[2]

Under Queen Elizabeth, he was again returned to Parliament (as member for East Grinstead in 1553, Bramber in April 1554, Bath in November 1554, Ludgershall in 1555 and Downton in 1559).[3] On 20 May 1560, he underwent a short imprisonment in the Fleet for "having obstinately refused attendance on public worship, and everywhere declaiming and railing against that religion we now profess."[4]

In 1563, he was again arrested and committed to the Marshalsea, but managed to escape to Flanders, where he became a pensioner of King Philip II, and acted as the King's almoner for the Catholic exiles. Engaged by the Duke of Alba (Alva in Dutch), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, to prevent the export of heretical books from the Netherlands to England, he was lured onto a trading boat at Antwerp in 1570 and conveyed to Yarmouth[2] and thence to imprisonment in the Tower of London. According to Bede Camm, Story represented the old order, and was well known among the Catholic refugees. Brought home by fraud and violence and then executed, Camm sees this as meant to send a message to the exiles, demonstrating "how strong Elizabeth was to punish and how powerless Spain to protect".[5]

In spite of his claim that he was a Spanish subject, he was tried for high treason (for having supported the Northern Rebellion of 1569 and encouraging the Duke of Alba to invade) and was condemned to death on 2 May 1571. The spectacle of his trial moved St. Edmund Campion, who was present, to reconsider both his own position and his Catholic duty.[1]

He was executed at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn and quartered on 1 June 1571. With the rope around his neck he made a long speech and pleaded on behalf of his wife "who hath four young children".

Veneration

In 1886, John Story was beatified by Pope Leo XIII owing to a papal decree originally approved by Pope Gregory XVI in 1859.

References

  1. ^ a b Wainewright, John. "Bl. John Story." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 28 May 2013
  2. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  4. ^ Camm, Bede. "Blessed John story", Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 and 1895: Martyrs under Queen Elizabeth, Burns and Oates, 1905, p. 46Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Camm, Bede. Lives of the English Martyrs, Intro p. xxii, Longmans, Green and Company, 1914
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