The Blessed Arthur Bell, also known as Francis Bell was a Franciscan and English martyr. He was born at Temple-Broughton near Worcester on 13 January 1590 and was martyred in London on 11 December 1643. When Arthur was eight his father died and his mother gave him into the charge of her brother, Francis Daniel of Acton in Suffolk, a man of wealth, learning and piety. When Arthur was twenty-four he was sent to the English college at St.-Omer. He later went to Spain to continue and complete his studies.