page_title: Hugh Faringdon
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Faringdon
caption_attribution_description: English: Hugh Faringdon plaque, English Martyrs Church, Liebenhood Road, Reading Hugh Cook Faringdon - last Abbot of Reading Abbey. Was executed in 1539 at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and beatified in 1895
context_page_description: Hugh Faringdon, earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was a Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the English town of Reading. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, Faringdon was accused of high treason and executed. He was declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1895.
context_section_description: Hugh Faringdon (died 14 November 1539), earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was a Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the English town of Reading. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, Faringdon was accused of high treason and executed. He was declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1895.
caption: Hugh Faringdon plaque, English Martyrs Church, Liebenrood Road, Reading
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