Thomas Gunter

Find out about Thomas Gunter, his secret masses and some of his friends who were unlucky enough to be discovered...

To you and I, the thought of dying for one’s religion might seem a little extreme. But for many people living here in the 17th century, it was a risk worth taking. Not for them the new Protestant faith - no, Abergavenny was a Catholic town through and through. Hundreds risked a martyr’s death to attend Catholic masses in the house of one of Abergavenny’s leading citizens, Thomas Gunter. Most got away with it, but others weren’t so lucky.