Abbot did not have jurisdiction to hand down such a punishment). Scott was tried on the 28 May 1612 at the Old Bailey. Again, his legal training was in evidence, as he skillfully avoided the questioning of those accusing him of being a priest, and insisted that it was the business of the prosecutor to bring evidence against him, not for him to convict himself. He entered a plea of not guilty. Only after the jury had found him guilty did he fall to his knees, crying out Deo Gratias, and admitted to his being a priest. He then addressed the people in the court, explaining that the only reason that he had not yet confessed himself as a priest was to see if the law would take its course, or whether he would be condemned on presumption of guilt without any proof. On the morning of May 30 he was to be executed with Richard Newport, another Catholic priest. He appeared wearing his Benedictine habit and declared himself once again a loyal subject of the King, before being tied to a horse and dragged through the streets to the gallows at Tyburn. Before being executed, he made a declaration of his life, his faith and his conversion to the Catholic Church, and gave the small number of gold coins he had in his purse to the executioner, saying, "Take these, friend, for love of me. I give them to you with good will and gladly do I forgive you my death". He was then hanged, drawn and quartered. Beatification Scott was one of a number of English martyrs beatified by Pope Pius XI in 1929. References Sources Camm, Bede (1931) Nine Martyr Monks, pp. 180–237. 1612 deaths English Benedictines People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Martyred Roman Catholic priests 17th-century English Roman Catholic priests 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Year of birth uncertain People from Chigwell Executed people from Essex One Hundred and Seven Martyrs of England and Wales