10 October 1584 A.D. The Imprisoned Abbot of Westminster, John Feckenham, Dies. He was arrested and imprisoned on 22 May 1560.
10 October 1584 A.D. The Imprisoned Abbot of Westminster, John Feckenham, Dies. He was arrested and imprisoned on 22 May 1560. Castelli, Jorge H. “John Feckenham (Abbot of Westminster).” Tudor Place. N.d. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnFeckenham.htm . Accessed Apr 23, 2014. John FECKENHAM (Abbot of Westminster) Born: ABT 1518, Feckenham, Worcestershire, England Died: 1584, Wisbeach Castle Buried: 10 Oct 1584, Parish Church, Wisbeach English abbot, was born at Feckenham, Worcestershire, of ancestors who, by their wills, seem to have been substantial yeomen. The family name was Howman, but, according to the English custom, Feckenham , on monastic profession, changed it for the territorial name by which he is always known. He was sent at an early age to the claustral school at Evesham and thence, in his eighteenth year, to Gloucest...