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There was not then a single Jesuit at liberty in the country. He reached England, on 20 September 1584, [1] receiving into the Catholic Church Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. Weston left an autobiography full of the missionary adventures. One salient feature was the practice of exorcisms, at which a number of other priests assisted.
The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. [1]
The opposing groups were led by Christopher Bagshaw with Thomas Bluet, and the Jesuit William Weston.The immediate cause of the friction was the keeping of fast days. [4] [10] Peter Burke sees the faultline, traditionally described as "Jesuits and seculars" (for example in Thomas Graves Law, The Conflicts between Jesuits and Seculars in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1889 [11]) as between ...
As framed by Thomas Graves Law, the controversy turned on Blackwell's relationship to the Jesuits as laid down by Caetani, and this was the central thrust of the appeal of 1600. [10] It was dated 17 November 1600 from Wisbech [11] (where in Wisbech Castle around 30 priests were interned).
He went from one Catholic family to another. The Jesuit William Weston had previously made his way to England, but he was arrested and sent to Wisbech Castle in 1587. [1] The Garnet–Southwell Jesuit English mission is considered the third; [6] the first such mission was that of Robert Parsons and Edmund Campion of 1580–1581. [7]
Secrets of Great British Castles is a British history documentary series that grew from the success of Irish TV series Tales of Irish Castles. The idea - initially created and written by Billy McGrath - was rejected by state broadcaster RTE.
[b] [4] [5] Wisbech Castle had formerly been used for religious prisoners, both Catholic and Protestant and later a Quaker, John Inds was taken from a peaceable meeting on 16 February 1663 and imprisoned for three years in Wisbech Gaol. [6] It was said that Stuart reaped and worked in gardens in the summer and did knitting and sewing in the winter.
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ ʒ u ɪ t s, ˈ dʒ ɛ zj u-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; [2] Latin: Iesuitae), [3] is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.