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Entry TypePerson
SurnameColman
ForenamesEdward
EpithetCatholic martyr
Dates1636-1678
Gender IdentityMale
BiographyEdward Colman was the son of vicar Thomas Colman and his wife Margaret Wilson. He was born at Brent Eleigh in Suffolk and attended Trinity College Cambridge. Though brought up as a strict Puritan, he converted to Roman Catholicism in the early 1660s. In 1661 he became a gentleman pensioner to King Charles II but his political ambitions were thwarted by the Test Act, which barred Catholics from public office. He visited Brussels and Paris, making contact with Catholics in the hopes of procuring money for Charles II to improve the relationship with Catholics and lessen the King's dependence on Parliament, which was strongly anti-Catholic.

In 1678, Colman was falsely accused by Titus Oates of being a Catholic conspirator in the fictitious Popish Plot. Colman was arrested, tried and convicted of planning to assassinate the King, and was hung drawn and quartered.
Authorised Form of NameColman; Edward (1636-1678); Catholic martyr

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