John storey biography

English politician and Roman Catholic martyr (1504–1571)

John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an EnglishRoman Catholicmartyr and Member of Parliament. Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducted to England, where he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently executed at Tyburn on a charge of treason.

Life

He was born in 1504, the son of Nicholas and Joan Story of Salisbury. He became a Franciscan tertiary. Story was educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, and two years later became principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.^[1] He received his D.C.L.

John Storey - Australian Dictionary of Biography

in 1538, and the following year resigned his position at Broadgates and was admitted as an advocate at Doctors' Commons. He married Joan Watts.

He appears to have temporarily abjured his Roman Catholic beliefs and took the Oath of Suprem John Story (martyr) - Wikipedia MEZ