Henry Floyd (1563–1641) was an English

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Life

Floyd was the elder brother of Father John Floyd, born in

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. He received his education in the English College of Douay during its temporary move to

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. On 8 May 1589, then a

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, he was sent with other students by Dr. Richard Barret, president of the college, to assist in commencing the new English College founded by Robert Parsons at

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. For a time he was stationed at the residence or seminary established by Parsons at

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. He was probably ordained priest in 1592, and he defended universal theology at

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on 20 February 1593. From Lisbon he crossed over to England about 1597, and for nineteen years he was chaplain to Sir John Southcote. In 1599 he entered the Society of Jesus, and in 1618 was professed of the four vows. He was at various times was incarcerated in

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, and the Fleet Prison in London, and in

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and

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gaols. On James I's accession, being sent into banishment with many other priests, he returned to Lisbon, but soon revisited England, and again fell into the hands of the

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s. After serving the mission in the London district for many years, he died in London on 7 March 1641.

References

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