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" Padley Chapel and Padlev Martyrs," by F. M. 



Hayward. Printed by Bemrose & Sons. 2nd Edition. 



Price IS. — Close by Grindleford Bridge' station, with the woods 



of Padley as a picturesque background, stands all that remains 



of Padley Hall and Chapel, originally the abode of the Padleys, 



and later on of the wide-spreading family of Eyre. Early in 



the sixteenth century, however, the estate passed by marriage 



to the Fitzherberts, of Norbury, who, like their ancestors, the 



Eyres, clung religiously to the old faith of their forefathers. 



Among those who suffered for their religion in the reign of 



Elizabeth was Sir Thomas Fitzherbert, of Padley. He was 



deprived of two-thirds of his estate, and spent nearly thirty 



years in prison. In like manner suffered many others of his 



family; and here their story is sympathetically told. The 



main object, however, of Mr. Hayward's little booklet is 



contained in the motto, " Lest we forget," which is to be read 



under a print of the old Padley chapel taken from Dr. Cox's 



Churches, which adorns the cover. Mr. Hayward's earnest 



desire is that the memory of those who sO' heroically died for 



their faith should be for ever kept green in the minds of all 



Roman Catholics. With this end in view he gives a most 



graphic account of the persecution, and ultimate murder, of 



the three priests, who — true martyrs as they were — preferred 



death to recantation — and dishonour. Two of these were 



Derbyshire men — Nicholas Garlick, of Glossop, and Robert 



Ludlam, of Radbourne. Under the auspices of the Rev. 



Philip Fletcher pilgrimages are now yearly made to Padley, 



and " under those venerable walls " a Litany is sung by those 



who have met together to commemorate those sad and 



mistaken days of persecution. 



