George Blackwell graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1563, and became a probationer of the college in 1565, a fellow in 1566, and graduated MA in 1567.
10 Facts About George Blackwell
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George Blackwell then removed to Gloucester Hall, a house much suspected of Catholic tendencies.
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George Blackwell resigned or was ejected from Trinity College in 1571, probably for his religious beliefs, and in 1574 left England for the English College, Douai.
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George Blackwell was ordained priest in 1575, and graduated BST from the University of Douai the same year.
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George Blackwell was imprisoned in 1578 for his work as a priest.
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George Blackwell's instructions enjoined him to work in close consultation with the head of the Jesuit mission in England.
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The upshot of the third and final appeal was that George Blackwell's powers were confirmed, but he was censured for his lack of tact and ordered in future not to communicate to the Jesuits any matters pertaining solely to the mission of the secular clergy.
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George Blackwell wrote an open letter to the English clergy, urging them to do the same.
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George Blackwell insisted that the oath could legitimately be read as not contradicting the pope's "Supremacie in spirituall causes".
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George Blackwell was initially at the Gate-House in Westminster, and then at The Clink in Southwark.