Richard Reynolds - Life

Life

He was martyred alongside the Carthusian priors John Houghton, Robert Lawrence, and Augustine Webster by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. The quarters of the body of St. Richard - the first man to refuse the oath - were chopped to pieces and hung in different parts of London.

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