Eustace White

Who they were

Eustace White, born at Louth in 1560, was cursed by his father for becoming a Catholic. Ordained in Rome, he worked in the west of England from 1588 until he was betrayed at Blandford in 1591.

In Bridewell he lay forty-six days on straw with manacled hands and was hung by his hands seven times under torture. Condemned for being a priest, he forgave Topcliffe and prayed for him, and was executed at Tyburn on 10 December 1591.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

A priest who forgave his torturer and died for his priesthood.

Connected on this site

• Polydore Plasden Saint
  “Polydore Plasden was a priest who was put to death at Tyburn on 10 December 1591, under Elizabeth I, one of seven who suffered that day with Eustace White.” — this site's research
• Brian Lacy Blessed
  “The Roman Martyrology remembers him at London among the martyrs who suffered at Tyburn in the same year as Polydore Plasden and Eustace White, some for having entered England as priests and others for having helped them; the Acts of the Apostolic See list him among the one hundred and thirty-six English martyrs as…” — this site's research
• John Mason Blessed
  “The Roman Martyrology remembers him at London among the martyrs who suffered at Tyburn in the same year as Polydore Plasden and Eustace White, some for having entered England as priests and others for having helped them; the Acts of the Apostolic See list him among the one hundred and thirty-six English martyrs as…” — this site's research