| 词条 | William Barrow (Jesuit) |
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LifeHe was born in Lancashire. He made his studies at the Jesuit College, St. Omer's, and entered the Society of Jesus at Watten in 1632. He was sent to the English mission in 1644 and worked on the London district for thirty-five years, becoming, in the beginning of 1678, its superior. On the outbreak of the Plot, Barrow was one of the most sought-after of the alleged plotters, although his use of the alias Harcourt caused the Government great confusion, as for no clear reason several other Jesuits also used it. [3]He went into hiding in London, and for several months eluded capture. Finally, in May 1679, he was arrested and committed to Newgate on the charge of complicity in the plot brought against him by Titus Oates.[4] The trial, in which he had as fellow-prisoners his colleagues, Father Thomas Whitebread, John Fenwick, John Gavan, and Anthony Turner, commenced on 13 June 1679.[5] Lord Chief Justice Scroggs presided, assisted by no less than six junior judges. Oates, William Bedloe, and Stephen Dugdale were the principal witnesses for the Crown.[6] The prisoners were charged with having conspired to kill King Charles II and subvert the Protestant religion. They defended themselves by the testimony of their own witnesses and their cross-examinations of their accusers. John Gavan, the youngest and ablest of the five, bore the main burden of conducting his colleagues' defence as well as his own.[7]Scroggs in directing the jury laid down two crucial legal principles-
Father Barrow and the others were found guilty, and condemned to undergo the punishment for high treason.[9] They were executed together at Tyburn, 20 June 1679. The King, who was well aware that they were innocent, ordered as an act of grace that they be spared drawing and quartering, and given proper burial. The behaviour of the crowd, which listened in respectful silence as each man maintained his innocence, suggests that popular opinion was turning against the Plot. They were buried in St Giles in the Fields.[10] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-william-harcourt/|title=Blessed William Harcourt|date=10 March 2015|publisher=CatholicSaints.Info.|accessdate=29 May 2015}} 2. ^Kenyon. J.P. The Popish Plot Phoenix Press reissue 2000 p.107 3. ^Kenyon p.159 4. ^Kenyon p.169 5. ^Kenyon p.180 6. ^Kenyon p.180 7. ^Kenyon p.151 8. ^Kenyon pp.184-5 9. ^Kenyon p.185 10. ^Kenyon p.206
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