Francis Ingleby (c. 1551 – 3 June 1586) was a

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martyr executed in

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, England during the reign of

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. Born about 1551, he was the fourth son of Sir William Ingleby and Anne Malory of

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, North Yorkshire. He was likely a scholar of

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, (c. 1565), and was a student of the

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by 1576. On 18 August 1582, he arrived at the English College, Reims, where he lived at his own expense. He was ordained a year later as a subdeacon on 28 May, a deacon on 24 September, and a priest on 24 December.Wainewright, John Bannerman. "Venerable Francis Ingleby", ''Lives of the English Martyrs'', (Edwin H. Burton and J. H. Pollen eds.), London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1914
/ref> He has been described as short but well-made, fair-complexioned, with a chestnut beard, and a slight cast in his eyes. He left for England on 5 April 1584 and preached with great enthusiasm in York, where he was arrested in spring 1586. Suspicion was raised when a companion appeared to show more deference towards him than someone dressed as a poor man would warrant. He was one of the priests whom

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was

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for harbouring. He was condemned for acting as a priest in England, contrary to the

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, and sentenced to be

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on the Knavesmire at York. When the sentence was pronounced he exclaimed: "Credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium" ''("I believe to see the good things of our Lord: in the land of the living"). At the prison door, while shackles were being fastened on his legs he smilingly said, "I fear me I shall be overproud of my boots." He was

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on 22 November 1987 by Pope

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. His brother David, known as "the Fox", was also a staunch Catholic and fled to the Continent.

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