* An inventory of martyrs for the faith in the Isles is here. Seems that site has a virtual pilgrimage to go along with the annual meatspace tradition that takes place this year on Sunday, August 29. What did your Lewis ancestors do for a living In 1940, Laborer and Maid were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Lewis. Lewis is not actually the last Catholic martyr in Britain* - Oliver Plunkett earned that distinction in 1681 - but at this late date he goes down as the last Welsh martyr, which is also the title of an energetic Catholic blog all about the man and his milieu. Lewis was arrested at the Wales town of Llantarnam where he was Tad y Tlodion, “father of the poor” hauled to London’s Newgate Prison, he was returned to Usk, also in Wales, for execution.Īs with Kemble, Lewis “discover the plot I could not, as I knew of none and conform I would not, for it was against my conscience.” Where terroristic plotting could not be established, taking Holy Orders in the church would do just as well. A team of lawyers is re-examining the case of Victorian woman Boronika Hothnyang, who says the man she was found guilty of murdering was a like a brother to her. He married, 1683, at Charlestown, Sarah Dutton. He settled after his father at Malden and was a farmer. the 75-year-old explained that he’d just wrapped season 12 of Curb Your Enthusiasm with longtime friend Larry David, and addressed other reasons fans haven. Wales Trails: A Journey Around Wales By Bikeby Dave Lewis(Goodreads Author), Sue Gurman(Photographer), Eve Lewis(Photographer), Warren Smart(Photographer) 4. Lewis suffered just days after a fellow priest and fellow victim of Titus Oates’ “Popish Plot” concoctions, John Kemble. (II) Samuel Lewis, of Malden, son of John Lewis (I), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, June 24, 1641. On this date in 1679, the Jesuit David Lewis was hanged, drawn and quartered.

The Welsh Man by Dave Lewis