John Rochester
English Catholic priest
Who they were
John Rochester, of an Essex family, was a Carthusian monk of the London Charterhouse who strongly opposed the new doctrine of the royal supremacy.
Arrested and sent to the Charterhouse at Hull, he was taken to York and hanged in chains there on 11 May 1537, with his fellow Carthusian James Walworth.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Carthusian who died rather than accept the king as head of the 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
- James Walworth Blessed“Arrested and sent to the Charterhouse at Hull, he was taken to York and hanged in chains there on 11 May 1537, with his fellow Carthusian James Walworth.” — this site's research
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - John Rochester
- Wikidata Q6255327 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Rochester (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.