Name John Hewitt Role Priest | Died October 6, 1588 | |
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John Hewitt or Hewett (alias Weldon, alias Savell) (date of birth unknown; executed at Mile End Green, 6 October 1588) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.
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His father was William Hewett of York. From Caius College, Cambridge, Hewttt passed to the English College, Reims, where, in 1583, he received minor orders.
Later he went to England where he was captured and banished, reaching Reims once more in November, 1585. After his ordination he returned to England, where he was again captured and exiled, early in 1587, to the Netherlands, this time only to fall into the hands of the Earl of Leicester, who arrested him and sent him back to England for trial.
In October, 1588, he was formally arraigned on a charge of obtaining ordination from the See of Rome and entering England to exercise the ministry. He was sentenced to death, and the day following was taken through the streets of London to Mile End Green, where before his execution he held disputes with two preachers, one of whom seems to have been the author of the tract referenced.