Here is another interesting article on the Walpole family. The family name originates from the Norman conquest and was derived from the Old English words welle, meaning well, and pol, meaning pool, and refers to a pool formed by a well. We all know about Robert Walpole the Prime Minister, but who was Henry Walpole? An English Jesuit martyr from Docking, Norfolk who was executed at York for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy during Elizabeth I’s reign. Yes - atrocities occurred during her reign! Where did he become a follower of the Jesuits? When was he beatified and canonised? To answer these questions and find out more please select the following article:
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