# Edward Bamber > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Bamber > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Edward_Bamber.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bamber > Source revision: 1306653525 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English Roman Catholic priest and martyr (died 1646) Blessed Edward Bamber Priest and Martyr Born c. 1600 at the Moor, Poulton-le-Fylde Died 7 August 1646 (aged 45 - 46) Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Beatified 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II Feast 7 August, 22 November Attributes Martyr's palm, small bag of money **Edward Bamber** (alias **Reading**) (b. c. 1600, at the Moor, [Poulton-le-Fylde](/source/Poulton-le-Fylde), Lancashire; executed at [Lancaster](/source/Lancaster%2C_Lancashire) 7 August 1646) was an English [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) priest. He was [beatified](/source/Beatified) in 1987. ## Life Bamber was born the son of Richard Bamber, at [Carleton](/source/Carleton%2C_Lancashire), [Poulton-le-Fylde](/source/Poulton-le-Fylde), Lancashire.[1] He entered the [College of St. Omer](/source/Colleges_of_St_Omer%2C_Bruges_and_Li%C3%A8ge) and later attended the [English College of St Gregory](/source/English_College_of_St_Gregory) in Seville. He was ordained in 1626 and sent to England.[2] On landing at [Dover](/source/Dover), he knelt down to thank God. Seen doing this by the Governor of [Dover Castle](/source/Dover_Castle), he was arrested and banished.[3] He returned again, and was soon afterwards apprehended near [Standish](/source/Standish%2C_Greater_Manchester), Lancashire; he had probably been chaplain at [Standish Hall](/source/Standish_Hall). On his way to [Lancaster Castle](/source/Lancaster_Castle) he was lodged at the Old-Green-Man Inn near [Claughton-on-Brock](/source/Claughton-on-Brock), and managed to escape through a window, his keepers being drunk. He was found wandering in the fields by a Mr. Singleton of [Broughton Tower](/source/Broughton%2C_Lancashire) and was sheltered by him.[3] Bamber spent the next sixteen years on the English Mission, serving primarily in Lancashire under various aliases. Arrested the third time, he was committed to Lancaster Castle, where he remained in close confinement for three years, once escaping, but recaptured. At his trial with two other priests, [Thomas Whitaker](/source/Thomas_Whittaker_(martyr)) and [John Woodcock](/source/John_Woodcock_(martyr)), two apostates witnessed against him that he had administered the sacraments, and he was condemned to die.[3] The execution took place at Lancaster Castle. At his execution he threw a handful of money into the crowd,[4] saying, "God loveth a cheerful giver."[5] Edward Bamber was beatified by Pope John Paul II in November 1987.[2] A stained glass window in the church of St.Marie's in Standish depicts Bamber being pushed off a ladder, which served as a gallows for his execution, by two soldiers. An ode composed on his death is still extant. ## See also - [Catholic Church in the United Kingdom](/source/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_Kingdom) - [Douai Martyrs](/source/Douai_Martyrs) - [Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales](/source/Eighty-five_martyrs_of_England_and_Wales) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bamber, J.E., "The Venerable Edward Bamber", *The Downside Review*, 1938](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/001258063805600104?icid=int.sj-abstract.similar-articles.6) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bebcmat_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bebcmat_2-1) ["The History of Edward Bamber", Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust](https://bebcmat.co.uk/our-trust/the-history-of-edward-bamber) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Camm_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Camm_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Camm_3-2) [Camm, Bede. "Ven. Edward Bamber." The Catholic Encyclopedia](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02242b.htm) Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lancaster's Catholic Martyrs", Lancaster Castle](https://www.lancastercastle.com/history-heritage/further-articles/lancasters-catholic-martyrs/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Fleury, Cross. *T̀ime-honoured Lancaster*, Eaton & Bulfield, printers, 1891, p. 184](https://books.google.ru/books?id=eojza_v9LzMC&pg=RA3-PA603&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false) **Attribution** - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "[Ven. Edward Bamber](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Ven._Edward_Bamber)". *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites: - [Richard Challoner](/source/Richard_Challoner), *Memoirs* (1750) - William Watson, *Decacordon of ten Quodlibet Questions* (1602) - [Joseph Gillow](/source/Joseph_Gillow), *Bibl. Dict. Eng. 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