4 May 1535: William Exmew #Carthusian is pressed by Thomas Cromwell's agent Thomas Bedyll #otd to acknowledge the King's Supremacy just as three #Carthusian priors were going to their deaths.
Exmew was hanged with two of his confrères on 19 June.
1 Apr 1132: d. St. Hugh #bishop of #Grenoble#otd He assisted St Bruno in the foundation of the #Carthusian order. Here he is in an exquisite Zurburan picture.
22 Jan 1546: Henry Man, former #Carthusian, appointed bishop of the diocese of Sodor & Man which he never visited between then and his death in 1556. Which is a pity since he had the perfect name for the job...
14 Jan 1576: Having been told neither his singing voice nor his constitution were up to the rigours of #Carthusian life at #Leuven, John Colleton of Milverton #Somerset enters the #English College at Douay #otd (Prado/BM)