Blessed George Errington of Hurst Castle

Hurst Castle

Hurst Castle on the south coast of England is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built at the end of a long shingle barrier beach at the west end of the Solent to guard the approaches to Southampton. Hurst Castle was sited at the narrow entrance to the Solent where the ebb and flow of the tides...

 - from the minor gentry branch of Bingfield, St John Lee, Northumberland - was a Roman Catholic martyr

Martyr

A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

 who was hanged, drawn and quartered at York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, on 29 November 1596. Two years before his own death, Errington had ridden with Father John Boste

John Boste

Saint John Boste is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Life:John Boste was born in Westmorland around 1544. He studied at Queen's College, Oxford where he became a Fellow. He converted to Catholicism in 1576...

 on his last journey from York to Durham

Durham

Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...

. Martyred with Errington were William Knight

William Knight (martyr)

The Blessed William Knight was an Englishman put to death for his Roman Catholic faith at York, England. With him also suffered the Venerable George Errington of Herst, Northumberland; the Venerable William Gibson of Ripon; and the Venerable William Abbot of Howden, Yorkshire.Knight was the son of...

, William Gibson, and William Abbot.