George Ashby (martyr) explained

George Ashby (name uncertain) (died 1537) was an English Cistercian monk of Jervaulx Abbey.

A monk of this name, or Astleby (perhaps a surname taken from a location) is mentioned in various English martyrologies, as a victim of government reprisals after the Pilgrimage of Grace.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01776a.htm Pollen, John Hungerford. "George Ashby." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 12 Jan. 2013