The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue

Author : Father John Morris
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ISBN 13 : 9781332209217
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue written by Father John Morris and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Venerable Sir Adrian Fortescue: Knight of the Bath, Knight of St. John, Martyr Amongst the Martyrs of the time of Henry the Eighth, who were not depicted on the walls of the English College Church and who arc therefore not included in the Decree that gave to fifty-four Martyrs the honours of the Blessed, are three Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. These are Sir Adrian Fortescue and Sir Thomas Dingley, who were beheaded on Tower Hill on the 8th or ioth of July, 1539, and Sir David Gunston, who was hanged, drawn, and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings in Southwark on July 1, 1541. Of these three Martyrs hardly a word has been published by Catholic writers, excepting that Fortescue and Dingley were attainted by Act of Parliament for denying the King's Supremacy; and that Gunston was tried and found guilty of high treason for the same cause. Of Sir Thomas Dingley and Sir David Gunston there is little more, as yet, that can be said; but fortunately modern research, and more especially the labours of Thomas (Fortescue) Lord Clermont, the historian of his family, have put us in possession of a considerable body of information respecting Sir Adrian Fortescue. He comes of an interesting family, of which Lord Clermont modestly says that it is "a fair example of a knightly and noble house of England," and it will be well for us under his guidance to learn something, not only of our Martyr, but of those who went before him and followed after him of his blood and name. The family tradition is that amongst the warriors in the host of William the Conqueror was the Duke's cup-bearer, Richard le Fort, who at the Battle of Hastings, when his master's horse was killed under him, saved his life by the shelter of his "strong shield." Fort or Forz he is named in the Rolls of Battle Abbey, but henceforward he was called Fort-Escu; and in reference to this event his modern descendants have taken for their motto Forte scutum salus ducum, "A strong shield the safety of leaders." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.