John Story

Blessed John Story
Martyr
Born	1504 Northern England
Died	1571 Tyburn, London, England
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	1886, Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Feast	1 June

Blessed John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament.

He was born the son of Nicholas Story of Salisbury and educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, being made later principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.

He appears to have temporarily abjured his Roman Catholic beliefs just after the accession of King Edward VI; however, having been chosen Member of Parliament for Salisbury in 1545 and Hindon in Wiltshire in 1547, he gained notoriety by his opposition to the Act of Uniformity in 1548. For crying out "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child," Story was imprisoned by the House of Commons, but he was soon released and went into exile.

Returning to England in 1553, he assigned his interest in his position at Oxford, which was now that of Regius Professor of civil law, and was made chancellor of the dioceses of London and of Oxford and dean of arches. Queen Mary being now on the throne, Story was one of her most active agents in prosecuting heresy, and was one of her proctors at the trial of Thomas Cranmer at Oxford in 1555.

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