Anthony Brookby
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Anthony Brookby (Brorbey) (executed 19 July 1537) was an English Franciscan theologian. He offended Henry VIII, and became a Catholic martyr.
Brookby was a lecturer in theology at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was versed in Greek and Hebrew, and enjoyed a reputation as an eloquent preacher. In a sermon of Brookby's, he attacked the king's actions and mode of living.[1]
He was arrested, put to the rack, and tortured in order to make him retract what he had said. Disabled as a result of his tortures, Brookby was cared for by a pious woman for a fortnight. By the command of the king, an executioner strangled him to death, with the Franciscan cord which he wore around his waist.[1]
The year of his death has been questioned, with the Victoria County History for Kent placing the event in 1534.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Friaries: The observant friars of Greenwich. Vol. 2. London: Victoria County History. 1926. pp. 194–198.
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- Mary Jean Stone, Faithful unto Death (London, 1892), iv, 76;
- Anthony Parkinson, Coll. Anglo-Minor. (London, 1726), 239;
- Thaddeus, The Franciscans in England (London, 1898), III, 17;
- Danielle, Martirio e Morte d'alcuni Frati di San Francesco, III, 16.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Anthony Brookby". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- 1537 deaths
- 16th-century English educators
- People associated with Magdalen College, Oxford
- Academics of the University of Oxford
- English Franciscans
- 16th-century English Roman Catholic theologians
- English torture victims
- People executed under Henry VIII
- Executed English people
- People executed by ligature strangulation
- Venerable martyrs of England and Wales