Edmund Catherick (''c''. 1605 – 13 April 1642) was an English

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priest. He is a Catholic

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, beatified in 1929.

Life

Catherick was probably born in

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about 1605. He was descended from the Catholic family of Catherick of Carlton, North Yorkshire and Stanwick, in the

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. Educated at

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, he was ordained in the same institution, and about 1635 went out to the English mission where he began his seven years' ministry which closed with his death. During this time he was known under the alias Huddleston, which was probably his mother's maiden name. Apprehended in the North Riding, near Watlas, Catherick was brought by pursuivants before Justice Dodsworth, a connection by marriage – possibly an uncle. Gillow states (IV, 310) that it was through admissions made to Dodsworth, under the guise of friendship, that Catherick was convicted. He was arraigned at York and condemned to death together with Father John Lockwood. The execution was stayed by the king

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...

for a short time, but he finally signed the warrant and it was carried out during his presence at The Manor in York. Catherick and Lockwood were dragged through the streets of York on a hurdle to the place of execution and

hanged, drawn, and quartered To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III ( ...

. Catherick's head was placed on

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. What remained of the body was buried at Toft Green and later taken to St. Gregory's Monastery, Downside. The skull, said to have been found at

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, was examined by

John Lingard John Lingard (5 February 1771 – 17 July 1851) was an English Roman Catholic priest and historian, the author of ''The History of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII'', an eight-volume work published i ...

in 1845.

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Joseph Gillow Joseph Gillow (5 October 1850, Preston, Lancashire – 17 March 1921, Westholme, Hale, Cheshire) was an English Roman Catholic antiquary, historian and bio-bibliographer, "the Plutarch of the English Catholics". Biography Born in Frenchwood Hous ...

, ''Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath.'', I, 432 **

Richard Challoner Richard Challoner (29 September 1691 – 12 January 1781) was an English Roman Catholic bishop, a leading figure of English Catholicism during the greater part of the 18th century. The titular Bishop of Doberus, he is perhaps most famous for hi ...

, ''Memoirs'', II **F. De Marsys, ''Hist. de la persécution presente des cath.'', III. {{DEFAULTSORT:Catherick, Edmund 1605 births 1642 deaths 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests English beatified people People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering 17th-century venerated Christians Executed people from Lancashire Executed Roman Catholic priests One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales

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