Frade inglês e mártir, enforcado, arrastado e esquartejado em St. Thomas Waterings em Camberwell (um riacho no segundo marco da Old Kent Road), 8 de julho de 1539. Todas as autoridades concordam que houve quatro mártires neste tempo e local, e todas concordam que um deles era o Vigário de Wandsworth, Surrey. É certo que o nome do último era John Griffith, geralmente conhecido como Ven. John Griffith Clarke, e que ele era capelão de Henry Courtenay, Marquês de Exeter, que foi executado em 9 de dezembro de 1538, ou 9 de janeiro de 1538-39, e que também era Reitor de Dolton, Devon. Stow é a única pessoa a mencionar "Frade Waire". Sander fala de "um monge cujo nome era Mayer"; mas ele escreveu em latim e sua obra foi impressa no exterior. É claro que Waire era um frade, pois tanto Wriothesley quanto o servo do Lorde Lisle, John Husee, falam de dois frades que sofreram com Griffith. Dos dois mártires sem nome, sabemos que um era um padre e curador ou capelão de Griffith em Wandsworth. O outro era ou um frade, como dizem Wriothesley e Husee, ou um dos servos de Griffith, como afirmam Stow e Sander. É possível que o Frade Waire seja identificado com Thomas Wyre, um dos signatários da entrega do convento franciscano de Dorchester, em 30 de setembro de 1538. Contudo, é incerto a qual ordem ele pertencia. Se ele era um franciscano, é notável que sua morte não esteja registrada na "Crônica dos Frades Cinzentos", e que não haja menção a ele em martyrologistas franciscanos ingleses como Bouchier ou Angelus a S. Francisco.
English friar and martyr, hanged, drawn, and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings in Camberwell (a brook at the second milestone on the Old Kent Road), 8 July, 1539. All authorities agree that there were four martyrs at this time and place, and all agree that one of them was the Vicar of Wandsworth, Surrey. It is certain that the name of the last was John Griffith, generally known as Ven. John Griffith Clarke, and that he was chaplain to Henry Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter, who was executed, 9 December, 1538, or 9 January, 1538-39, and that he was also Rector of Dolton, Devon. Stow is the only person to mention "Friar Waire". Sander speaks of "a monk whose name was Mayer"; but he wrote in Latin and his work was printed abroad. It is clear that Waire was a friar, for both Wriothesley and Lord Lisle's servant, John Husee, speak of two friars as having suffered with Griffith. Of the two unnamed martyrs we know that one was a priest and Griffith's curate or chaplain at Wandsworth. The other was either a friar, as Wriothesley and Husee say, or one of Griffith's servants, as is asserted by Stow and Sander. It is possible that Friar Waire is to be identified with Thomas Wyre, one of the signatories to the surrender of the Franciscan friary of Dorchester, 30 September, 1538. However, it is uncertain to what order he belonged. If he was a Franciscan it is remarkable that his death is not recorded in the "Grey Friars' Chronicle", and that no mention is made of him in such English Franciscan martyrologists as Bouchier or Angelus a S. Francisco.
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- GAIRDNER, Cartas e Documentos de Henrique VIII, XIII (Londres, 1893), ii, 183
- GAIRDNER E BRODIE, Cartas, etc., XIV (Londres, 1894), I, 403, 455, 486, 549
- LEWIS, A Ascensão e Crescimento do Cisma Anglicano (Londres, 1877), 141
- Crônica de Wriothesley, ed. SOCIEDADE CAMDEN, I (Westminster, impresso privadamente, 1875-7), 101
- STOW, Anuários (Londres, 1615), 576.
- GAIRDNER, Letters and Papers Henry VIII, XIII (London, 1893), ii, 183
- GAIRDNER AND BRODIE, Letters, etc., XIV (London, 1894), I, 403, 455, 486, 549
- LEWIS, Sander's Rise and Growth of the Anglican Schism (London, 1877), 141
- Wriothesley's Chronicle, ed. CAMDEN SOC., I (Westminster, privately printed, 1875-7), 101
- STOW, Annales (London, 1615), 576.