Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

St Henry Walpole
Born in 1558 at Docking, Norfolk, England
Educated at Norwich, Cambridge and Gray's Inn.
Adult convert to Catholicism.
Studied for the priesthood at English College, Rome.
Joined the Jesuits in 1584.
Ordained in 1588.
Worked as a priest in York where he was arrested and martyred for the crime of Catholicism.
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

Died in 1595

Beatified in 1929

Canonized in 1970