Venerable Thomas Belchiam (1508–1537) was an English Franciscan who died in Newgate Prison in the reign of Henry VIII. He is a Catholic martyr declared venerable by Pope Leo XIII. The year of death is in question: the Victoria County History for Kent puts the events in 1534.
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