William Wright

1563 (age 76)

York, England

He was imprisoned after the Gunpowder plot. He taught as professor of philosophy and theology at Gratz and Vienna. He joined the English mission in 1606, when he became chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. He was soon arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London (July 1607), and later in the White Lion Prison. He opposed the oath of allegiance and supremacy required by James I"s government. When the bubonic plague ravaged London and his prison, he nursed the sick. Buried the dead, and in the confusion escaped to Leicestershire, where he organized a series of missions, originally called the Residence of Saint Anne. From 1612 onwards he took to writing, and a dozen volumes are ascribed to him: three of controversy, the rest translations of the works of Martin Becan, Lessius and others

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He was born at York, and was educated at the English College, Rome.

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He was imprisoned after the Gunpowder plot. He taught as professor of philosophy and theology at Gratz and Vienna. He joined the English mission in 1606, when he became chaplain to the Gages at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk.

He was soon arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London (July 1607), and later in the White Lion Prison.

He opposed the oath of allegiance and supremacy required by James I"s government. When the bubonic plague ravaged London and his prison, he nursed the sick.

Buried the dead, and in the confusion escaped to Leicestershire, where he organized a series of missions, originally called the Residence of Saint Anne. From 1612 onwards he took to writing, and a dozen volumes are ascribed to him: three of controversy, the rest translations of the works of Martin Becan, Lessius and others

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