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{{Infobox saint
|name= Blessed Peter Wright
|birth_date= 1603
|birth_place= Slipton, Northhamptonshire
|death_date= May 19, 1651
|venerated_in= Roman Catholicism
}}
'''Blessed Peter Wright''' (1603–1651) was a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] priest, [[Jesuit]], and [[martyr]], born in [[Slipton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]].
'''Blessed Peter Wright''' (1603–1651) was a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] priest, [[Jesuit]], and [[martyr]], born in [[Slipton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when His father died when he was still young and he went had to work in a country solicitor's office at [[Thrapston]] in his home area.<ref name=Singapore>[http://www.jesuit.org.sg/html/companions/saints.martys/May/peterwright2006.html "Blessed Peter Wright, SJ", The Jesuits - Singapore]</ref> After spending ten years with the solicitor he enlisted in the English army in the Low Countries, but finding that he did not care for military life, he deserted after a month and went to Brabant. Having lost his faith in his youth, he visited the English Jesuits in Liege and asked to be reconciled to the Church. He then visited [[Ghent]] and for two years attended the college of the Flemish Jesuits. In 1629 he entered the [[Jesuit]] novitiate at [[Watten, Nord|Watten]]. After studying philosophy and then theology at [[Liège (city)|Liège]], he was ordained a priest there in 1636 and after a further period at Liège was sent to serve at the English [[College of St. Omer]]. From 1638-1644 he served as chaplain to Colonel Sir [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]]'s English regiment in the service of [[Spain]], based near [[Ghent]].<ref name=wainewright>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15715b.htm Wainewright, John. "Ven. Peter Wright." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 21 Feb. 2014]</ref>
In older literature he was presumed to be a [[Protestant]], but more recently record of him has been found at Slipton in 1613 as a [[Recusancy|Recusant]], along with his mother, brother and sister. {{citation needed|date=November 2011}}


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When Gage returned to England in the spring of 1644 to aid King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], Wright went with him, first to [[Oxford]] and then to the [[siege of Basing House|relief of Basing House]], the seat of [[John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester]]. He administered the sacraments to the dying Gage on January 11, 1645. After this Wright became the marquess's chaplain, first in Hampshire and later in the [[London]] house.<ref name= Singapore/> Wright was seized there by a [[List of Roman Catholic handed over to the judiciary in the London area during the 1640s|band of pursuivants]] who burst in on [[Candlemas]] day, 2 February 1651.<ref name=wainewright/>
He spent ten years working in a country solicitor's office at [[Thrapston]] in his home area. He then enlisted in the English army in the Low Countries, but deserted after a month, and for two years remained in the house of studies of the Flemish Jesuits at [[Ghent]]. In 1629 he entered the [[Jesuit]] novitiate at [[Watten, Nord|Watten]]. After studying philosophy and then theology at [[Liège (city)|Liège]] he was ordained a priest there in 1636 and after a further period at Liège was sent to the [[College of St. Omer|Saint-Omer]] as professor of Moral. He then became chaplain in the years 1638-1644 to Colonel Sir [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]]'s English regiment in the service of [[Spain]] and based near [[Ghent]].{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}}


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Committed to [[Newgate]],<ref name=wainewright/> he was brought to trial before [[Henry Rolle]], [[Lord Chief Justice]], sitting with justices Philip Jermyn and Richard Aske and others, at the Old Bailey 14–16 May. Something of the atmosphere of the times should be clear when it is recalled that Charles I had been put on trial and subsequently been executed on January 30, 1649. The evidence at Wright's trial was provided by the informer [[Thomas Gage (clergyman)|Thomas Gage]], apostate brother of the late Sir Henry and a renegade [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest. Thomas Gage had met Wright in the years when he was a military chaplain and testified against him.<ref name=Singapore/> The whole scene, about which numerous details have survived, was little like a modern court of law and bizarre moments included the Parliamentarian Lord Chief Justice rebuking the half-deranged informer for speaking disrespectfully of his Royalist soldier brother.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}<!--for everything since the last citation-->
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When Gage returned to England in the spring of 1644 to aid the King, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], Wright went with him, first to [[Oxford]] and then to the [[siege of Basing House|relief of Basing House]], the seat of [[John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester]]. He administered the sacraments to the dying Gage on January 11, 1645. After this Wright became the marquess's chaplain in his [[London]] house, and was seized there by a [[List of Roman Catholic handed over to the judiciary in the London area during the 1640s|band of pursuivants]] who burst in on [[Candlemas]] day, 2 February 1651.{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}}

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Committed to [[Newgate]],{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}} he was brought to trial before [[Henry Rolle]], [[Lord Chief Justice]], sitting with justices Philip Jermyn and Richard Aske and others, at the Old Bailey 14–16 May. Something of the atmosphere of the times should be clear when it is recalled that Charles I had been put on trial and subsequently been executed on January 30, 1649. The evidence at Wright's trial was provided by the informer [[Thomas Gage (clergyman)|Thomas Gage]], brother of the late Sir Henry and of two Catholic priests, as well as being himself a renegade [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest. Thomas Gage had met Wright in the years when he was a military chaplain and testified against him, just as he had already testified to obtain the death of other priests. The whole scene, about which numerous details have survived, was little like a modern court of law and bizarre moments included the Parliamentarian Lord Chief Justice rebuking the half-deranged informer for speaking disrespectfully of his Royalist soldier brother.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}<!--for everything since the last citation-->


Wright was condemned under the statute 27 Eliz., c. 2. for being a Catholic priest in England,{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}} and sentenced on Saturday May 17 to being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]]. His execution at [[Tyburn, London]] on a hot Whit Monday, 19 May 1651, took place before over twenty thousand spectators. In the period of the trial and the days after his execution, Wright was if not popular, at least a respected figure in public opinion.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} The sheriff's officers also seem to have been relatively well disposed to him and he was allowed to hang until he was dead, being thus spared the agonies of being eviscerated alive.{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}}
Wright was condemned under the statute 27 Eliz., c. 2. for being a Catholic priest in England,{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}} and sentenced on Saturday May 17 to being [[hanged, drawn and quartered]]. His execution at [[Tyburn, London]] on a hot Whit Monday, 19 May 1651, took place before over twenty thousand spectators. In the period of the trial and the days after his execution, Wright was if not popular, at least a respected figure in public opinion.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} The sheriff's officers also seem to have been relatively well disposed to him and he was allowed to hang until he was dead, being thus spared the agonies of being eviscerated alive.{{sfn|Wainewright|1913}}
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

;Attribution
*{{Catholic|last=Wainewright |first=John B. JOHN B.|wstitle=Ven. Peter Wright}} Endnotes:
**Foley, ''Records of the English Province S.J.'' (London, 1877–83), II, 506-65, VII, 870;
**Challoner, ''Missionary Priests'' II, no. 189;
**Stanton, ''Menology'' (London, 1887), 218;
**{{cite DNB|last=Cooper |first=Thompson|wstitle=Wright, Peter |volume=63 |page=122}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==

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Blessed Peter Wright
Born1603
Slipton, Northhamptonshire
DiedMay 19, 1651
Venerated inRoman Catholicism

Blessed Peter Wright (1603–1651) was a Catholic priest, Jesuit, and martyr, born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England.

Biography

Peter Wright was born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England, one of twelve children. Peter was still young when His father died when he was still young and he went had to work in a country solicitor's office at Thrapston in his home area.[1] After spending ten years with the solicitor he enlisted in the English army in the Low Countries, but finding that he did not care for military life, he deserted after a month and went to Brabant. Having lost his faith in his youth, he visited the English Jesuits in Liege and asked to be reconciled to the Church. He then visited Ghent and for two years attended the college of the Flemish Jesuits. In 1629 he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Watten. After studying philosophy and then theology at Liège, he was ordained a priest there in 1636 and after a further period at Liège was sent to serve at the English College of St. Omer. From 1638-1644 he served as chaplain to Colonel Sir Henry Gage's English regiment in the service of Spain, based near Ghent.[2]

When Gage returned to England in the spring of 1644 to aid King Charles I, Wright went with him, first to Oxford and then to the relief of Basing House, the seat of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester. He administered the sacraments to the dying Gage on January 11, 1645. After this Wright became the marquess's chaplain, first in Hampshire and later in the London house.[1] Wright was seized there by a band of pursuivants who burst in on Candlemas day, 2 February 1651.[2]

Committed to Newgate,[2] he was brought to trial before Henry Rolle, Lord Chief Justice, sitting with justices Philip Jermyn and Richard Aske and others, at the Old Bailey 14–16 May. Something of the atmosphere of the times should be clear when it is recalled that Charles I had been put on trial and subsequently been executed on January 30, 1649. The evidence at Wright's trial was provided by the informer Thomas Gage, apostate brother of the late Sir Henry and a renegade Dominican priest. Thomas Gage had met Wright in the years when he was a military chaplain and testified against him.[1] The whole scene, about which numerous details have survived, was little like a modern court of law and bizarre moments included the Parliamentarian Lord Chief Justice rebuking the half-deranged informer for speaking disrespectfully of his Royalist soldier brother.[citation needed]

Wright was condemned under the statute 27 Eliz., c. 2. for being a Catholic priest in England,[3] and sentenced on Saturday May 17 to being hanged, drawn and quartered. His execution at Tyburn, London on a hot Whit Monday, 19 May 1651, took place before over twenty thousand spectators. In the period of the trial and the days after his execution, Wright was if not popular, at least a respected figure in public opinion.[citation needed] The sheriff's officers also seem to have been relatively well disposed to him and he was allowed to hang until he was dead, being thus spared the agonies of being eviscerated alive.[3]

Peter Wright was beatified by Pope Pius XI on December 15, 1929. His feast day is May 19

References

  1. ^ a b c "Blessed Peter Wright, SJ", The Jesuits - Singapore
  2. ^ a b c Wainewright, John. "Ven. Peter Wright." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 21 Feb. 2014
  3. ^ a b Wainewright 1913.

Further reading

  • Challoner, Richard; Pollen, John Hungerford (reviser) (1969) [1924]. Memoirs of Missionary Priests (Edition revised, reprint Gregg, Farnborough ed.). London, Burns Oates & Washbourne,. pp. 499–504.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  • Betts, Jerome R. (1997). Blessed Peter Wright, S.J. (1603/04-1651): His Life and Times. Northampton: J.R. Betts, [Raunds]. ISBN 1-897589-20-4. (a vivid account, filled with abundant documentation covering the life and death and the period until the present day).

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