Groups, parishes and individuals are welcome to visit St Mary’s Church. A programme can be arranged which may include Mass, Confession and Evensong/Vespers and Benediction. As part of our Ordinariate charism we welcome groups of all Christian traditions. All Saints Church of England Church also is a close neighbour. In the village there is a pub, shop and places to eat and have a picnic. Please email- leicestershire@ordinariate.org.uk. Off road parking can be made available.
The nearest railway stations are at Market Harborough or Rugby.
St Mary’s has toilet facilities, which include disabled and baby changing provision.
Adrian Fortescue was born around 1480, the son of Sir John Fortescue of Punsborne, Hertfordshire (England). He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1503 and was high in the favour of King Henry VIII, taking part in the Wars of England against France in 1513 and 1523. His personal piety is attested by his Book of Hours which survives with devotional maxims in his own hand. As a cousin of Anne Boleyn, he was present when she was crowned as Queen in 1533. Sir Adrian was twice married and had seven children. He became a confrater of the Dominicans of Oxford in 1533. In 1539 he was attainted of High Treason without trial, by an Act of Parliament which condemned fifty persons opposed to Henry VIII's ecclesiastical policies. Adrian Fortescue was beheaded on Tower Hill, London on Wednesday 9 July 1539, together with the Venerable Sir Thomas Dingley, a Knight of the Order. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem has considered Sir Adrian as a martyr and has promoted devotion to him at least since the early seventeenth century as a member of the Order. Leo XIII declared him Blessed on 13 May 1895.
St Adrian’s descendants now live at Bosworth Hall. His Book of Hours, on the flyleaf of which he had written pious maxims, has been preserved as a relic. It may be venerated at Bosworth Hall, Husband's Bosworth. His feast day is 8th July each year.
The nearest railway stations are at Market Harborough or Rugby.
St Mary’s has toilet facilities, which include disabled and baby changing provision.
Blessed Adrian Fortesque at St Mary’s.
Adrian Fortescue was born around 1480, the son of Sir John Fortescue of Punsborne, Hertfordshire (England). He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1503 and was high in the favour of King Henry VIII, taking part in the Wars of England against France in 1513 and 1523. His personal piety is attested by his Book of Hours which survives with devotional maxims in his own hand. As a cousin of Anne Boleyn, he was present when she was crowned as Queen in 1533. Sir Adrian was twice married and had seven children. He became a confrater of the Dominicans of Oxford in 1533. In 1539 he was attainted of High Treason without trial, by an Act of Parliament which condemned fifty persons opposed to Henry VIII's ecclesiastical policies. Adrian Fortescue was beheaded on Tower Hill, London on Wednesday 9 July 1539, together with the Venerable Sir Thomas Dingley, a Knight of the Order. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem has considered Sir Adrian as a martyr and has promoted devotion to him at least since the early seventeenth century as a member of the Order. Leo XIII declared him Blessed on 13 May 1895.
St Adrian’s descendants now live at Bosworth Hall. His Book of Hours, on the flyleaf of which he had written pious maxims, has been preserved as a relic. It may be venerated at Bosworth Hall, Husband's Bosworth. His feast day is 8th July each year.
Prayer:
O God, since all things are within your power, grant through the prayers of blessed Adrian, your martyr, that we who keep his feast today may become stronger in the love of your name and hold to your holy Church even at the cost of our lives. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(From: The Missal with readings of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes, & of Malta, London 1997)