John Houghton (martyr)
John Houghton, OCart (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England. He was also the first of the Carthusians to die as a martyr. As one of the Carthusian Martyrs of London he is among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
In the Martyrology
- May 4 Saints John Houghton, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster, Carthusian priors, Richard Reynolds, Bridgettine, and Blessed John Haile, priests and martyrs of England