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50B Richard Creagh, Escape from the Tower of London
He was consecrated, and reached Ireland.[1] He was seized, taken to London, and shut in the Tower.[2]
His courage to endure increased day by day.
‘The faithful man,’,[3] ‘should grow in faith while suffering affliction.’ [4]
The Archbishop escaped from the Tower.
The account of his escape is among the Japanese letters at Louvain (p.290). [9]
Our Primate was interrogated before the Queen.[11] He was thrown into the Tower on the feast of Peter’s Chair.[12]
He had dreams that he had escaped. He saw souls of those to whom he had applied indulgences granted to him by the Pontiff.
He left the cell. He invoked God, and went out through the six gates. He reached the guard. When asked he answered that he was the servant of a certain very important person in a more open part of the prison. He was allowed to go.
He wandered London, and heard of the escape of the Archbishop with a white beard, which they understood to mean grey from age. He was taken aboard ship by a captain. The pursuivants came and interrogated the sailors whether they knew anything of the grey-haired Bishop.
They had no suspicion, as he young, and spoke French. He escaped and reached Brabant safe.[13]
There can be no doubt that this strange escape must have disturbed the Queen’s mind.[14]
He met in the harbour a vessel about to sail.
He hid his breviary in the hold; and when the sailors were moving the cargo, one of them caught sight of it, and read it. All agreed to take him back to London, hoping to be well rewarded.
But the wind changed, and so he escaped their wicked plottings.
1] In April, 1564, Dr. Creagh was consecrated, came to Ireland in October.
He was arrested, and confined in the Tower. He escaped from the Tower on the Octave of Easter, 1565. In 1567 he was arrested, brought to trial, and acquitted. He was kept in prison and taken to London and confined in the Tower, where he died October 14’, 1585.
2] Ceti atrium.
3] Epis 256
4] early hermit. St Jerome wrote his Life
9] xi. 3-10
10] Cardinal Fisher executed June 22, 1535, and Sir Thomas More July 5th
11] See. Spic. Ossor., i.43
12] St. Peter’s Chair at Rome, January 16, or at Antioch, February 22nd
13] See also Spic. Ossor., i.40
14] October 1 ‘, 1560. There is another account of escape, probably by himself, in Spic. Ossor., i.40
Please pray for final perseverance for all of us!
May the martyrs of old inspire us all.
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By Manus Mac MeanmainHe was consecrated, and reached Ireland.[1] He was seized, taken to London, and shut in the Tower.[2]
His courage to endure increased day by day.
‘The faithful man,’,[3] ‘should grow in faith while suffering affliction.’ [4]
The Archbishop escaped from the Tower.
The account of his escape is among the Japanese letters at Louvain (p.290). [9]
Our Primate was interrogated before the Queen.[11] He was thrown into the Tower on the feast of Peter’s Chair.[12]
He had dreams that he had escaped. He saw souls of those to whom he had applied indulgences granted to him by the Pontiff.
He left the cell. He invoked God, and went out through the six gates. He reached the guard. When asked he answered that he was the servant of a certain very important person in a more open part of the prison. He was allowed to go.
He wandered London, and heard of the escape of the Archbishop with a white beard, which they understood to mean grey from age. He was taken aboard ship by a captain. The pursuivants came and interrogated the sailors whether they knew anything of the grey-haired Bishop.
They had no suspicion, as he young, and spoke French. He escaped and reached Brabant safe.[13]
There can be no doubt that this strange escape must have disturbed the Queen’s mind.[14]
He met in the harbour a vessel about to sail.
He hid his breviary in the hold; and when the sailors were moving the cargo, one of them caught sight of it, and read it. All agreed to take him back to London, hoping to be well rewarded.
But the wind changed, and so he escaped their wicked plottings.
1] In April, 1564, Dr. Creagh was consecrated, came to Ireland in October.
He was arrested, and confined in the Tower. He escaped from the Tower on the Octave of Easter, 1565. In 1567 he was arrested, brought to trial, and acquitted. He was kept in prison and taken to London and confined in the Tower, where he died October 14’, 1585.
2] Ceti atrium.
3] Epis 256
4] early hermit. St Jerome wrote his Life
9] xi. 3-10
10] Cardinal Fisher executed June 22, 1535, and Sir Thomas More July 5th
11] See. Spic. Ossor., i.43
12] St. Peter’s Chair at Rome, January 16, or at Antioch, February 22nd
13] See also Spic. Ossor., i.40
14] October 1 ‘, 1560. There is another account of escape, probably by himself, in Spic. Ossor., i.40
Please pray for final perseverance for all of us!
May the martyrs of old inspire us all.