Edward Fulthorp
layman and martyr at York
Feast: 4 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At York, also in England, the Blessed martyrs William Andleby, priest, and Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop and Edward Fulthorp, laymen, who, condemned to death in the same persecution for their faithfulness to the Catholic Church, reached the eternal rewards together through the punishment of the scaffold.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 4 July as a layman put to death at York for his faithfulness to the Catholic Church.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Henry Abbot Blessed“At York, also in England, the Blessed martyrs William Andleby, priest, and Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop and Edward Fulthorp, laymen, who, condemned to death in the same persecution for their faithfulness to the Catholic Church, reached the eternal rewards together through the punishment of the scaffold.” — this site's research
- William Andleby Blessed“At York, also in England, the Blessed martyrs William Andleby, priest, and Henry Abbot, Thomas Warcop and Edward Fulthorp, laymen, who, condemned to death in the same persecution for their faithfulness to the Catholic Church, reached the eternal rewards together through the punishment of the scaffold.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.