John Goodman (Jesuit)

John Goodman (Jesuit)

John Goodman was a Jesuit priest in England. Jailed and sentenced to death under Elizabethan law which made it illegal for Jesuits to be in England. He was granted a reprieve by Charles I but was questioned by the Long Parliament. Charles I did not interfere and Parliament was content to let Goodman die in prison in 1645.

See also

* List of famous Jesuits

References

* Austin Woolrych, "Britain in Revolution". (New York : Oxford University Press, 2002).
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