- Joseph Lambton
Joseph Lambton (b. 1569; executed at
Newcastle-on-Tyne , 1592 [The day of his death is variously given as 23 June, 23 July, and 27 July, and the year as 1592 and 1593; but from a letter of Lord Huntingdon it is clear he died before 31 July, 1592, and Father Holtby's Stonyhurst MS. says he died on a Monday, so that the probable date is 24 July, 1592.] ) was an EnglishRoman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr,beatified in 1987.Life
He was the second son of Thomas Lambton of
Malton-in-Rydall ,Yorkshire , and Katharine, daughter of Robert Birkhead ofWest Brandon ,Durham . He arrived at the English College inReims , in 1584, and at theEnglish College, Rome , in 1589.Being allowed to curtail his theological course, he was ordained priest when only twenty-three, and sent on the English mission on 22 April 1592. He was arrested at Newcastle on landing with
Edward Waterson , and condemned at the next assizes under 27 Eliz., c. 2. He was cut down alive, and the hangman refused to complete the sentence, which was carried out by a Frenchman practicing as a surgeon atKenton .References
*
Joseph Gillow , "Bibl. Dict.Eng. Cath." (London and New York, 1885-1902), s. v.;
*Catholic Record Society 's Publications (London, 1905-), V, 212, 228, 231, 293;
*Richard Challoner , "Missionary Priests", I, 298.Notes
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