John Houghton (martyr)
(1486-1535)
English Carthusian hermit and Catholic martyr
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John Houghton (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a martyr. As one of the Carthusian Martyrs of London he is among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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1486 Essex, England
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1535 (aged 48) Tyburn, London, England
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