George
was a layman and schoolmaster at Houghton-le-spring, County Durham.Blessed George Sallowell
George
was a layman and schoolmaster at Houghton-le-spring, County Durham.
He became a Catholic after discussion with a prisoner whom he was visiting and announced publicly that up till now he had been in error.
He was kept in Durham jail for a year and then brought to trial with two priests, a Mr Bost and Mr Ingram.
Fear of a cruel death made him lapse in his resolve, but Mr Bost helped him and fro bein reconciled to the catholic Church he was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
On the day of execution he had to walk to within 2 miles of the place of martyrdom and then he was put on a hurdle. He refused to be persuaded to change his beliefs, mounted the ladder and said ' I renounce all heresy.' He asked people to pray for him, as the executioner took out his heart, he lifted his hand to his head, then the hangman cut off his head and held it up saying 'behold the had of a traitor.'
His quarters, after they were boiled in te cauldron, were burried in the baker's dunghill.
He suffered at Darlington on July 26th, 1594.