of Oxford for it would be 20 years before another Catholic recusant was executed in Oxford. In 1987, Nichols and the three other prisoners were among eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales to be beatified by Pope John Paul II. A memorial to these four Roman Catholic martyrs was erected on the nearest house to the Holywell Gallows in October 2008. See also Catholic Church in the United Kingdom Douai Martyrs References 1589 deaths English College, Douai alumni People from Oxford 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests Martyred Roman Catholic priests Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English beatified people Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering Executed people from Oxfordshire 16th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 16th-century venerated Christians Year of birth uncertain Year of birth unknown