Henry Walpole
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Henry Walpole, SJ was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy.
Henry Walpole
While incarcerated in the Salt Tower, Walpole carved his name in the plaster along with those of saints Peter, Paul, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine and Gregory the Great.
St Henry's Catholic Church, Burnham Market, Norfolk
Docking, Norfolk
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Docking is a village and ancient civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough of Norfolk, England. It is near the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Henry Walpole
…Henry Walpole, SJ (1558 – 7 April 1595) was an English Jesuit martyr, executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Walpole was born at Docking, Norfolk, in 1558, the eldest son of Christopher Walpole, by Margery, heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford. Michael Walpole was the youngest of his four brothers…
Docking village sign, erected 1937 (according to the carved inscription).