Saint Richard Reynolds
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Saint Richard Reynolds (died May 4, 1535) was an English Brigittine monk executed in London for refusing the Oath of Supremacy to King Henry VIII of England. He was martyred alongside the Carthusian priors Saint John Houghton, Saint Robert Lawrence, and Saint Augustine Webster by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. The quarters of the body of John Houghton - the first man to refuse the oath - were chopped to pieces and hung in different parts of London. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
