John Ingram (1565 – 26 July 1594) was an English Jesuit and martyr from Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, who was executed in Gateshead on 26 July 1594, during the reign of Elizabeth I. Life Ingram was probably the son of Anthony Ingram of Wolford, Warwickshire, by Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Hungerford. He began his education in Worcestershire and attended New College, Oxford. He then converted to Catholicism and studied at the English College, Rheims, at the Jesuit College, Pont-a-Mousson, and at the English College, Rome. He was ordained at Rome in 1589. He then spent some time in Europe before leaving for the English mission. He set out in early 1592, but bad weather forced the ship off course and he was put ashore near Dunbar and began his ministry in the Border area. While in Scotland he was sheltered and assisted by Lords Huntly, Angus, and Erroll, the Abbot of Dumfries, and other local aristocrats. He acted as chaplain to Walter Lindsay of Balgavie for 18 months. In late 1593 Ingram was forced to flee briefly to England. He stayed some time at Wark on Tweed and was captured at Norham while attempting to return. He was first imprisoned at Berwick, then moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, then York, and finally to the Tower of London. During this time he wrote Latin epigrams, 20 of which survive. Ingram arrived at the Tower of London on Holy Saturday, 17 April 1593, and later wrote: Rocks are quarried, the entrails of the earth, That Dives may have living rock for his tomb. No tomb seek I; and yet shall there be a living tomb For my lifeless body — the carrion-crow. With dark humor, Ingram indicates that he is well aware of the fate that awaits him, and that the bodies of those so condemned were usually quartered and publicly exposed rather than given a decent burial. In London he was severely tortured by priest hunter Richard Topcliffe. He was hung by the joints of his fingers and arms, and was in extreme pain for so long that the feeling of his senses was taken completely from him. He was often put to the rack, but would no information about persons and places. He was taken from London on 13 July to return to York prison with another Catholic priest, John Boste. The two prisoners' feet were tied under their horse's