1555 Henry Comberford, D.D., was made Precentor of Lichfield Cathedral, December 19, 1555; and, in 1559, he was deprived of all his benefices on account of his religion, and ordered to remain in Suffolk, at a great distance from his friends. In 1579 he was a prisoner, at the age of 80, at Hull, for his religious opinions were dangerous to the State. [1]
1561 Hen. Comberforde, late of Lichfield was confined to Co. Suffolk, with liberty to travel twice every year into Staffordshire, allowing six weeks each time. Henry was described as "Learned, but willful, and meet to be considered." [2]
c 1584 Henry Comberford, priest, is listed as a Catholic martyr of the English Reformation. [3]
Research Notes:
1572 Lord Shrewsbury, writing to Lord Burley, from Sheffield Castle, January 20, 1572, says, "I caused my man to apprehend one Thomas Comberford, of Comberford, gent. He was concerned in the conspiracies of Queen Mary against Queen Elizabeth." [4]
[1] A history of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford (Wolverhampton, W. Parke, 1854), [HathiTrust].
[2] Mary Anne Everett Green, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, Elizabeth, 1601-1603 (London: HMSO, 1870), 522, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Wikipedia article about List_of_Catholic_martyrs_of_the_English_Reformation, content subject to change, [Wikipedia].
[4] A history of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford (Wolverhampton, W. Parke, 1854), [HathiTrust].