Robert Singleton (died 1544), also known as John, was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed on a treason charge. He is considered a Catholic martyr by Antonio Possevino, in his '' Apparatus Sacer''.

Life

He belonged to a Lancashire family and was educated at the University of Oxford, but does not appear to have graduated. He became a priest, and for some utterances which were accounted treasonable was brought before a court of bishops in 1543. He was executed at Tyburn on 7 March 1544, along with

Germain Gardiner German Gardiner (Germain, Jermyn) (date of birth unknown; executed at Tyburn, 7 March 1544) was a Roman Catholic layman and nephew to Stephen Gardiner who became involved in the Prebendaries' Plot against Thomas Cranmer. Henry VIII was becoming ...

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John Larke John Larke (fl. c. 1500 - died 7 March 1544) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Henry VIII. Larke was a notable personal friend of Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England. Larke was beatified in ...

Works

He is said to have written: *''Treatise of the Seven Churches'' *''Of the Holy Ghost'' *''Comment on Certain Prophecies'' *''Theory of the Earth,'' dedicated to Henry VII. Thomas Tanner calls this ''Of the Seven Ages of the World.'' None seem to have been printed.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singleton, Robert Year of birth missing 1544 deaths 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests English martyrs