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Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart., (7 September 1500 – 19 June 1535) was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk. He was executed for treason on 19 June 1535 for his refusal to accept Henry VIII's assumption of supremacy over the Church in England. His death was considered a martyrdom, and he was beatified by the Catholic Church. ==Family== Sebastian Newdigate, born 7 September 1500 at Harefield, Middlesex, was the seventh of the fourteen children〔Bainbridge states that there were seventeen children; .〕 of John Newdigate (d. 15 August 1528), esquire, Sergeant-at-law in 1510 and King's Serjeant in 1520, and Amphyllis Neville (d.1544), daughter and heiress of John Neville of Rolleston, Nottinghamshire, 'a kinsman of the Earls of Westmorland'.〔Richardson states that John Neville was of Sutton in the Marsh, Lincolnshire.〕〔; .〕 The births of Sebastian Newdigate and his brothers and sisters are listed in the Newdigate Cartulary:〔.〕 *John Newdigate, son and heir, born at the Whitefriars in Fleet Street, London, 4 January 1490. *Charles Newdigate, born 10 July 1493. *William Newdigate, born at the Whitefriars 3 February 1495. *Jane Newdigate (d. 7 July 1571), born at Harefield, Middlesex, 18 August 1496. Jane Newdigate married Sir Robert Dormer, and was the mother of Jane Dormer.〔.〕 *Mary Newdegate, born at Harefield 21 September 1497. *Barbara Newdigate, born at the White Friars 4 November 1498. *Sebastian Newdigate, born at Harefield 7 September 1500. The entry records that his godparents were William Bynchester, George Osborne and Joan Weddon, and that he 'after became a delicate courtier'. *Anthony Newdigate, born at Harefield 17 November 1502. *Silvester Newdigate, born at Harefield 16 January 1504. *Dorothy Newdigate, born at Harefield 20 June 1505. *George Newdigate, born at Harefield 26 April 1507. *Sybil Newdigate, born at Harefield 3 July 1509. *Dunstan Newdigate, born at Harefield on Saint Dunstan’s Day, 19 May 1510. *Bonaventure Newdigate born the same year and day as Dunstan Newdigate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sebastian Newdigate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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