Page, ANTHONY, VENERABLE, English martyr, b. at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, 1571; d. at York, 20 or April 30, 1593. He was of gentle birth and matriculated at Oxford from Christ Church, November 23, 1581, being described as “scholaris Mri-Wodson”. He entered the English College, Reims, September 30, 1584, and received minor orders, April, 1585. He was ordained deacon at Laon, September 22, 1590, and priest at Reims, September 21, 1591. Dr. Anthony Champney, who was his contemporary at Reims, in his MS. (q.v.) history of the reign of Elizabeth, as quoted by Bishop Challoner, describes him, as being of wonderful meekness, of a virginal modesty and purity, and of more than common learning and piety, and as having endeared himself to all by his singular candor of mind and sweetness of behavior. He was condemned for being a priest, under 27 Eliz., c. 2., and was hanged, disembowelled, and quartered.
JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT