- Nicholas Tichborne
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Nicholas Tichborne (b. at Hartley Mauditt, Hampshire; executed at Tyburn, London, 24 August 1601) was an English Roman Catholic layman, a recusant and Catholic martyr. He is to be distinguished from the Nicholas Tichborne who died in Winchester Gaol in 1587.
Life
He was at large in 1592, but by 14 March, 1597, had been imprisoned. On that date he gave evidence against various members of his family. Before 3 November 1598, he had obtained his liberty and had effected the release of his brother, Thomas Tichborne, a prisoner in the Gatehouse, Westminster, by assaulting his keeper.
With him was executed Thomas Hackshot (b. at Mursley, Buckinghamshire), who was condemned on the same charge, viz. that of effecting the escape of the priest Thomas Tichborne.
References
- Richard Challoner, Missionary Priests, I, no. 127;
- John Hungerford Pollen, English Martyrs 1584-1603 (London, privately printed for the Catholic Record Soc., 1908), 361, 395;
- Historical MSS. Commission, Cecil MSS., IV (London, 1892), 270.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.Categories:- 1601 deaths
- English Roman Catholics
- 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- 16th-century English people
- 16th-century births
- 17th-century English people
- English martyrs
- People executed under the Tudors
- People from Hampshire
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