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The Venerable Christopher Robinson Martyred at Carlisle in 1597. The Evidence Concerning his Place of Birth and the Place and Date of his Execution.

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J.E. Bamber
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Of the Venerable Christopher Robinson, who died for his Faith in Carlisle (in what year we shall see later), practically nothing save the name of his betrayer has been recorded since the days of Bishop Challoner. Among the Knaresborough MSS. as Everingham is a 17th Century transcript of a letter of some ten large folio pages entitled: “The death of Mr. Boost written by Mr. Robinson priest, who shortly afterward dyed in the same glorious manner at Carlisle.” An extract from this document was given in Challoner and the text is now printed in full in C.R.S. But for the few known facts about the Martyr's own life we have depended almost entirely on Challoner's somewhat vague compilation of only eighteen lines.

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British Catholic History , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , May 1957 , pp. 18 - 37
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Copyright © Catholic Record Society 1957

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Notes

1. Everingham MSS. Large folio, ff. 550-609.

2. Chall. Appen. III and C.R.S. i.85sq.

3. Douai Dairy I, ed. Knox. p. 15.

4. Westminster Chathedral Archives, Chalcedon Catalogue.

5. P.130. “He was born at Woodside, near Wigton …”

6. V.C.H. Cumb. II p. 87.

7. Cath. Encycl. xiii. p.99.

8. Records, vol.6, p.243; vol.7, p.657.

9. When I consulted this it was in the upper story of the old Abbey gateway by the Cathedral.

10. Not 1613 as Burke states. (Key to the Ancient Parish Registers). The earliest entries are not on the first page.

11. It is just possible that a previous register for St. Cuthbert's would have been early enough to contain the date of baptism. The registers, e.g. at the border Church at Rockcliffe were carried off by the Scots in 1648. cf. note on the flyleaf of the next register there. Enquiries made at Edinburgh have so far failed to trace the Register for St. Cuthbert's and in all probability it no longer exists. It ought, however, to be added that a full inventory of the Hamilton papers is not at present available.

12. I have been through the main bulk of these from about 14 Hen. 8. (1522).

13. The authority for this is Champney. cf. infra. Note 36.

13a. See Foley, vol.6, p.243; vol.7, p.657.

14. Foley, vol.3, p. 108.

15. Douai Diary II. 434.

16. ib. 232.

17. ib. 239.

18. ib. 243.

19. ib. 247. The last entry in D.D. II (p. 264), however, gives Jan. 3rd, 1592 for the date of departure.

20. P.R.O. Chancery Patent Rolls (c66) No. 1496. m. 5.

21. Was this, in fact, part of Wetheral Priory?

22. Was this the present Harraby Inn?

23. C.R.S. i. 85sq.

24. V.C.H. II. p. 87.

25. Stonyhurst, MSS. Anglia, A. ii. 12.

26. Tierney-Dodd, III. 75 sq.

27. Cal. Salisbury MSS. VII. 298.

28. S.P. Dom. Eliz. Vol.278, no. 7, i.

29. Chan. Pat. Roll, ut supra, note 20.

30. Thus: Wilson 1604. Wilson 1608, Worthington I, Chalcedon-More, Eudaemon, Worthington III, “J. C.”, Douay, Spanish, Molanus, Raissius, Exemplar Litterarum, Paris, chalcedon, Grene, Newdigate.

31. Cal. Sal. MSS. VII. 298.

32. Stonyhurst MSS,, Collectanea P. p.548.

33. Dodd. II. 84. 2.

34. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, II. p. 32 sq.

35. Ut supra, notes 27, 31.

36. Champney MSS. His Queen Elizabeth, p.969, in the Archives of the Old Chapter.

37. Westminster Archives, Chalcedon Catalogue.

38. Act against Jesuits and Seminary Priests, 1585. (27th Eliz.) Tanner p. 154.