John Falconer (Jesuit)
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John Falconer or Falkner (1577–1656), was an English Jesuit.
Falconer was the son of Henry Falconer by Martha Pike, his wife, was born at Lytton, Dorsetshire, on 25 March 1577. His mother belonged to a respectable Cheshire family, and his maternal uncle was Sir Richard Morton. His parents were Catholics, and both died while he was an infant. He was brought up by his uncle, John Brook, a merchant, until he was eleven years old, when he was sent to Sherborne School.[1] Dorsetshire, for five years.
His brother then sent him to Oxford, where he studied for nearly a year in St. Mary's Hall, and for another year in Gloucester Hall. Subsequently, he joined the expedition of the Earl of Essex to Spain, and 'after being tossed about by many storms' he returned to London, where he spent two years and a half in the service of Lord Henry Windsor. In 1598 he was reconciled to the Catholic Church. Going to Rome he was admitted into the English College on 19 May 1600, under the assumed name of Dingley.
