Saint Richard Reynolds (c. 1492, Devon, England - 4 May 1535) was an English Brigittine monk executed in London for refusing the Oath of Supremacy to King Henry VIII of England.[1] He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970, among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.[2]
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He was martyred alongside the Carthusian priors John Houghton,[3] Robert Lawrence, and Augustine Webster by drawing and quartering at Tyburn Tree in London after being dragged through the streets. The quarters of the body of St. Richard - the first man to refuse the oath - were chopped to pieces and hung in different parts of London.