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The Pope's Excommunication Letter Demanded an Impossible Choice

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A man’s faith makes him an outlaw in Elizabethan England. Loyalty to Rome or the Crown: the Pope's excommunication demands an impossible choice?

The Pope's Excommunication Letter Demanded an Impossible Choice

This episode explores the story of John Ingram, a man executed in 1594 for the crime of being a Catholic priest ordained abroad. It delves into the political climate of England in the 1580s and the difficult decisions individuals faced when their faith became illegal.

Person: John Ingram
Date: July 1594
Location: Gateshead, England
Event: Execution for high treason
Law: Jesuits Act of 1584

- The municipal ledger for Gateshead in 1594 meticulously recorded the costs associated with John Ingram's execution, including gibbeting his quarters.
- John Ingram, a 29-year-old, was sentenced to death despite no evidence of him performing priestly acts on English soil.
- Queen Elizabeth I's excommunication by Pope Pius V in 1570 created a legal framework where Catholic priests were considered agents of a foreign power.
- The Jesuits Act of 1584 made it high treason for any priest ordained abroad to enter England, making presence itself the crime.
- John Ingram left England at 17, studied at English Catholic seminaries in the Low Countries and Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1589.

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