John Finglow, also known as John Fingley (circa 1550- 8 August 1586) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1987.
Born at Barnby, near Howden, Yorkshire, John Finglow was matriculated sizar from Caius College, Cambridge in December 1573. [1] He arrived at the English College at Reims on 9 February 1580 and was ordained priest 25 March 1581. On 24 April, The following month he was sent on the English mission. [2]
He worked for about five years in the north of England before being arrested and confined in Ousebridge Kidcote, York. He was tried for being a Catholic priest and reconciling English subjects to the Catholic Church, and was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. [2]
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