us, but we will follow thee as quickly as we may"; and told the people that Pope St. Gregory had sent the Benedictine monks to evenglelize England, saying "I am come here to die, being a Catholic, a priest, and a religious man, belonging to the Order of St Benedict; it was by this same order that England was converted." He was said to be "a man of stature tall and well proportioned showing strength, the hair of his head brown, his beard yellow, somewhat heavy eyed". He was of a cheerful disposition. He suffered in the Benedictine habit, under which he wore a hair-shirt. It was noticed that his knees were, like St. James', hardened by constant kneeling, and an apprentice in the crowd picking up his legs, after the quartering, called out: "Which of you Gospellers can show such a knee?" Contrary to usual practice, the quarters of the priests were not exposed but buried near the scaffold. Barkworth was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 15 December 1929. See also Douai Martyrs References Sources See: Godfrey Anstruther, Seminary Priests, St Edmund's College, Ware, 1968, vol. I, pp. 21–22, 116, 274-275. 1570s births 1601 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism Alumni of the University of Oxford English College, Douai alumni English College, Valladolid alumni English Benedictines People from West Lindsey District 16th-century English Roman Catholic priests English beatified people People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering Executed people from Lincolnshire 17th-century venerated Christians One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales