Stephen Rowsham

Stephen Rowsham

Stephen Rowsham (Rousham, Rouse) was an English Catholic priest, executed on 3 April1587 [ [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/England04.htm Great Britain (4) ] ] . He is a Catholic martyr, and was beatified by Pope John Paul in 1987 [ [http://www.presbytery.co.uk/parish_history.htm Parish History ] ] .

Life

A native of Oxfordshire, born c. 1555 [http://www.cliftondiocese.com/beatified-martyrs-of-the-clifton-diocese Clifton Diocese | Beatified Martyrs of the Clifton Diocese ] ] , he entered Oriel College, Oxford, in 1572. He took Anglican orders, and was minister at the University Church about 1578.

Becoming convinced of the truth of the Catholic religion he went to the English College, Douai and Reims (23 April, 1581), where he was ordained priest, and sent on the English mission (30 April, 1582). Being recognized almost immediately on his landing, he was apprehended and sent to the Tower of London, 19 May, 1582, and remained a prisoner for more than three years, during half of which time (14 August, 1582, until 12 February, 1584) he was confined to the dungeon known as the "Little Ease". On the latter date he was transferred to the Marshalsea, from which prison he was carried into exile in the autumn of 1585.

He arrived at Reims, 8 October, but set out from England again, 7 February, 1586. The field of his labours, which were continued for about a year, was in the west of England. He was taken at the house of the Widow Strange in Gloucester. His trial and martyrdom were at Gloucester in March, 1586-87.

References

*"Douay Diaries"
*"Req. Univ. Oxon."
*Edward Rishton, "Diarium Turri-Lundin"
*John Hungerford Pollen, "Acts of the English Martyrs" (London, 1891)
*"Prison Lists" (Catholic Record Society)

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