Person DS/UK/1026 Warford; William (1560-1608); Jesuit Priest Warford William 1560-1608 Jesuit Priest Male Warneford Born 1560, Bristol. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest December 1584. Entered the Society of Jesus 1594. Died 3 November 1608, Valladolid.

William Warford, alias Warneford, was a native of Bristol, born 1560. He was admitted as a scholar to Trinity College, Oxford, 13 June 1576 and elected Fellow in 1579. He was received into the Catholic Church at Rhiems 7 November 1582, and entered the English College in Rome to repeat his studies and make his theology on 1 October 1583. He was ordained priest there in December 1584, and entered the Society in 1594. His name frequently appears in the State Paper volumes in the Public Record Office (now The National Archives). He was Penitentiary at St Peter's, Rome, for some time, and in c 1597 he wrote an account of several of the English Martyrs, with many of whom he had been aquainted since 1578. He left for Spain 18 August 1599 and died at the English College at Valladolid, 3 November 1608. All under the pseudonym George Douley: "A briefe instruction by way of dialogues, concerning the principal poyntes of Christian Religion" (Seville, 1600; Louvain, 1604) "A treatise on penance" (St Omers, 1633) "A method of examining the conscience for a general confession" (St Omers, 1637) Br Henry Foley SJ, Volume 4, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus (London: Burns and Oates, 1878) pp. 574-582 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes MAllen 24/10/2018 MAllen 24/10/2018 0a0ba161-1923-4d16-a5d9-557b399709b7