Sebastian Newdigate

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Saint
Sebastian Newdigate
Vicente Carducho: Martyrdom of Humphrey Middlemore, William Exmew and Sebastian Newdigate. Monastery of El Paular (Spain).
Born(1500-09-07)7 September 1500
Died19 June 1535(1535-06-19) (aged 34)
Tyburn, London
SpouseKatherine Hampden
ChildrenAmphyllis Newdigate
Elizabeth Newdigate
Parent(s)John Newdigate, Amphyllis Neville

Sebastian Newdigate,

Henry VIII's assumption of supremacy over the Church in England. His death was considered a martyrdom, and he was beatified
by the Catholic Church.

Family

Sebastian Newdigate, born 7 September 1500 at

Earls of Westmorland".[2][3]

The births of Sebastian Newdigate and his brothers and sisters are listed in the Newdigate Cartulary:[4]

  • John Newdigate, son and heir, born at the Whitefriars in Fleet Street, London, 4 January 1490.
  • Charles Newdigate, born 10 July 1493.
  • William Newdigate, born at the Whitefriars 3 February 1495.
  • Jane Newdigate (d. 7 July 1571), born at Harefield, Middlesex, 18 August 1496. Jane Newdigate married Sir Robert Dormer, and was the grandmother of Jane Dormer.[5]
  • Mary Newdigate, born at Harefield 21 September 1497.
  • Barbara Newdigate, born at the White Friars 4 November 1498.
  • Sebastian Newdigate, born at Harefield 7 September 1500. The entry records that his godparents were William Bynchester, George Osborne and Joan Weddon, and that he 'after became a delicate courtier'.
  • Anthony Newdigate, born at Harefield 17 November 1502.
  • Silvester Newdigate, born at Harefield 16 January 1504.
  • Dorothy Newdigate, born at Harefield 20 June 1505.
  • George Newdigate, born at Harefield 26 April 1507.
  • Sybil Newdigate, born at Harefield 3 July 1509.
  • Dunstan Newdigate/Bonaventure Newdigate (twins), born at Harefield on Saint Dunstan's Day, 19 May 1510.

Life

Newdigate was educated at court, and may have studied at

Privy Chamber,[6] and is said to have enjoyed the King's favour.[7]

According to Bainbridge, Newdigate married Katherine Hampden, widow of Henry Ferrers, and daughter of Sir John Hampden of

Great Hampden, by whom he had two daughters, Amphyllis and Elizabeth.[6] Crisp also states that Newdigate married, and by an unnamed wife who died in 1524 had an only daughter, Amphyllis, who married Thomas Breme after 3 September 1545.[8]

However Hendriks and Doreau question whether Newdigate ever married,[9][10] and Richardson states that Newdigate's alleged wife, Katherine Hampden, widow of Henry Ferrers, and daughter and heiress of Sir John Hampden, married a different member of the Newdigate family, Thomas Newdigate, gentleman, of Wivelsfield, Sussex, the son of Walter Newdigate.[11]

It is said that Newdigate entered the

Carthusian priory, after his wife's death[12] in 1524,[13] However it is unlikely that Newdigate's admission as a postulant could have occurred prior to 24 October 1526, when the King granted him a wardship.[10]

Not long after Newdigate became a novice, his sister, Jane, who in 1512 had married Sir Robert Dormer of Wing, Buckinghamshire,[14] visited the Prior, William Tynbygh, to express her concern about Newdigate's suitability for the strictness of the monastic life after his early years at court.[15] Despite his sister's misgivings, Newdigate remained at the Charterhouse. He was ordained a deacon on 3 June 1531, and was ordained to the priesthood before his death.[6]

In 1534 Henry VIII required his subjects to take the

Axholme.[16]

Newdigate and two other monks,

Privy Council, and sent to the Tower of London, where Henry again visited him, but was unable to change his mind.[17] The three monks were condemned to death for treason on 11 June,[17] and on 19 June were dragged to Tyburn on hurdles, and hanged, drawn and quartered.[18] Their remains were put on display at various locations in London.[6][13]

This process of attrition was to claim as its victims no fewer than fifteen[19] of the London Carthusians.[16]

Newdigate's courage is said to have inspired members of his family, as well as others, to remain steadfast in their Catholicism. Along with the other members of his Order who suffered martyrdom at this time, Newdigate was beatified by Pope

Leo XIII on 9 December 1886.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Bainbridge states that there were seventeen children; Bainbridge 2004.
  2. ^ Richardson states that John Neville was of Sutton in the Marsh, Lincolnshire.
  3. ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 254; Bainbridge 2004.
  4. ^ Crisp 1997, pp. 1–2.
  5. ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 254–6.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Bainbridge 2004.
  7. ^ Bainbridge 2004;Hendriks 1889, p. 99.
  8. ^ Crisp 1907, p. 36.
  9. ^ Hendriks 1889, p. 99.
  10. ^ a b Doreau, Dom Victor Marie, 'Origines du Schisme d’ Angleterre: Henri VIII et les Martyrs de la Chartreuse de Londres', The Athenaeum, July to December 1891, pp. 250-251 Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  11. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 333.
  12. ^ Betham 1803, p. 12.
  13. ^ a b c d Wainewright, John. "Bl. Sebastian Newdigate." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 12 Jan. 2013
  14. ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 255.
  15. ^ Hendriks 1889, pp. 100–4.
  16. ^ a b Stanton, Richard. "A Menology of England and Wales", p.274, Burns & Oates, Ltd., London, 1892
  17. ^ a b c d Hendriks 1889, p. 172.
  18. ^ Hendriks 1889, p. 175.
  19. ^ Bainbridge states that there were eighteen Cathusian marytrs.

References

  • Bainbridge, Virginia R. (2004). "Newdigate, Sebastian (1500–1535)".
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68241. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  • Betham, William (1803). The Baronetage of England. Vol. III. London: W.S. Betham. p. 12. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  • Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1997). Fragmenta Genealogica. Vol. 12 (Facsimile reprint ed.). Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books. pp. 1–2.
    ISBN 0-7884-0648-5
    . Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  • Crisp, Frederick Arthur, ed. (1907). Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 7. p. 36. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  • Hendriks, Lawrence (1889). The London Charterhouse; Its Monks and Its Martyrs. Vol. 7. London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. pp. 98–105, 116, 160–75. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
    ISBN 978-1449966386. Retrieved 2 May 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
    ISBN 978-1449966393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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