Early life, education and death
Nicholas Wheeler was born in Leominster, Herefordshire, around 1550, and was educated at the Leominster Grammar School. [1]
Wheeler probably arrived at the English College at Douai, in April 1577, and when the college relocated to Rheims in 1579, he adopted the surname of Woodfen. Woodfen was ordained by the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne on 25 March 1581. [2] He returned to England the following June as a missionary at the Inns of Court in London. He was arrested for high treason and indicted under the name Nicholas Devereux under the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584. [3] He was hung, drawn and quartered on 21 January 1586 at Tyburn in London, along with Edward Stransham for being a priest and his missionary work. [3] [4]
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Alexander Crow was born in Yorkshire around 1550. He took up an early trade as a shoemaker, and hearing of an opportunity to follow his trade at the English College, then at Rheims, he travelled to France. He worked as a cobbler, porter, then under-cook at the seminary. Eventually he trained as a priest and was ordained in Laon in 1583. In February 1584, he returned to the north of England to continue his mission for eighteen months, until he was arrested in South Duffield whilst baptising a baby. Taken to York, he was hanged, drawn and quartered on 30 November 1586 or 1587. Sources conflict as to the year of his death, whether it was 1586 or a year later, 'being about the year of thirty five,'
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
