John Almond (monk)

John Almond (c.1509 – 18 April 1585) was a Cistercian monk. He is commemorated as a Confessor of the Faith in the Roman Catholic Church, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs.[1]

He came from Cheshire, and was a monk in the time of Henry VIII, but neither his abbey nor his fate during and after its suppression have been identified.[1]

In 1579 he was imprisoned at Hull Castle. The ground-floor of the South Blockhouse was often used for this purpose. Conditions were particularly poor, with contemporary accounts noting that the quarters "have been overflowed with water at high tide..."[2]

He died in prison on 18 April 1585; he was about 76 years old.[3] According to John Hungerford Pollen, the old priest "...after many sufferings in prison, was left in extreme age to pine away under a neglect that was revolting."[1]

  1. ^ a b c Herbermann, Charles George (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia. Universal Knowledge Foundation. p. 328.
  2. ^ Howes, Audrey; Foreman, Martin (1999). Town and Gun: The 17th-Century Defences of Hull. Kingston upon Hull, UK: Kingston Press. p. 19. ISBN 1902039025.
  3. ^ Gasquet, Francis Aidan. Henry VIII and the English Monasteries, J. C. Nimmo, 1899, p. 458