 Swithun's eldest brother Gilbert, suffered much both personally and economically for his faith.He died as a known recusant after losing the property, but it was later restored to the family by King Charles II.Swithun Wells was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 15 December 1929, and canonized by Pope Paul VI on 25 October 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.