Directory of Blessed Hugh Faringdon Resources

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Sites dedicated to the Bl. Hugh Faringdon, the last Abbot of Reading. When he refused to surrender the abbey to King Henry VIII, Hugh was executed for treason.

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• Blessed Hugh Faringdon

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07518a.htm
  His family name was Cook; Faringdon is his probable birthplace. Mitred abbot of Reading. When he refused to surrender the abbey, he was condemned to death. Martyred in 1539.

• Hugh Cook of Faringdon (d.1539)

  http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/hfaringdon.html
  Biography of the Abbot of Reading, executed for treason.

 

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