not break, and was executed near Salisbury, "standing to it manfully, and inveighing much against his former fault". No one is sure what caused him to stand firm during his final arrest. One contemporary, Father Warford, believed it was due to his guardian angel, but another, Father Gerard, with great probability, states that his strength came from a fellow prisoner, Thomas Pilchard, who later became a martyr himself. See also Catholic Church in the United Kingdom Douai Martyrs References Year of birth missing 1587 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism People from Cornwall Venerated Catholics People executed under Elizabeth I 16th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 16th-century venerated Christians Executed Cornish people Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales