 Stone's name was placed at the top of the list of martyrs of the English Reformation which was presented to Rome for the process of beatification.Stone was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 9 December 1886 and canonised by Pope Paul VI on 25 October 1970 along with other 39 English martyrs.He is one of the Forty Martyrs chosen to represent Roman Catholics martyred in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679.