Dates
- Born 1599 at Rhydica Farm, Saint Weonard's Parish, Herefordshire, England
- Martyred 22 August 1679 at Widemarsh Common
- Feast Day 22 August
- Beatified 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonised 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
- 25 October, Feast Day of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
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