[5] While acting as chaplain to Sir John's widow Anne, Lady Arundell, he was arrested on 24 April 1594, at Chideock Castle, by the sheriff of Dorsetshire,[6] having been betrayed by one William Holmes, a servant whom he had reprimanded for bothering one of the maids.

Two servants of the castle, John (or Terence) Carey and Patrick Salmon, Hiberno-Norman natives of Dublin, shared the same fate.

The missionary was sent to London and brought before the Lord Treasurer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and others, who, by threats and torture, tried to obtain the names of those who had given him shelter or assistance.

Act 1584; the others were charged with felony, for having rendered assistance to one whom they knew to be a priest; but all were assured that their lives would be spared if they embraced Protestantism.

[7] Their trial took place in the main hall of what is now Chideock House Hotel and they were condemned to death on 2 July 1594 and executed in Dorchester two days later.

The first to ascend the scaffold was John Carey; he kissed the rope, exclaiming "O precious collar", made a solemn profession of faith and died a valiant death.