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A priest hunter was a person who, ... Between November 1640 and the summer of 1651 over fifty individuals were turned over to the government. Some were executed, some ...
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In 1651 came an attempt to win back some public regard with his A duell betvveen a Iesuite and a Dominican : begun at Paris, gallantly fought at Madrid, and victoriously ended at London, upon fryday the 16-day of May, Anno Dom. 1651 / by Thomas Gage, alias the English American, now preacher of the word at Deal in Kent, in several printings, and ...
Another priest hole made by Nicholas Owen in the library in Harvington Hall The same priest hole inside. For many years, Owen worked in the service of the Jesuit priest Henry Garnet and was admitted into the Society of Jesus as a lay brother. [7] He was arrested in 1594 and tortured at the Poultry Compter but revealed nothing. He was released ...
Richard Topcliffe (14 November 1531 – late 1604) [1] was a priest hunter and practitioner of torture [1] during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. A landowner and Member of Parliament, he became notorious as the government's chief enforcer of the penal laws against the practice of Catholicism.
B. Christopher Bagshaw; Thomas Baily; Richard Baines; John Bale; Robert Bale (monk) Christopher Bales; Edward Bamber; Mark Barkworth; Richard Barnack; Richard Barret (divine)
William Hyde (1597–1651) was an English Roman Catholic convert and priest, presumed to be of Dutch or Flemish background, who became President of the English College, Douai. Life. His real surname was Bayart or Beyard, and he was born in London on 27 March 1597. He entered Leyden University on 16 June 1610.
A Wonder and yet no Wonder: a great Red Dragon in Heaven, London, 1651. The Mystery of Christ in us, London, 1651. This consists of six sermons on various topics. A Christian Legacy, consisting of two parts: i. A Preparation for Death, ii. A Consolation against Death, Oxford, 1657.