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Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s. The most famous case in the United Kingdom was that of Roman Catholic martyr St Margaret Clitherow, who, in order to avoid a trial in which her own children would be obliged to give evidence, was pressed to death on March 25, 1586, after refusing to plead to the charge ...
Renounced Protestantism and converted to Catholicism before his death. Sir John Gates: Executed for leading military expedition against Queen Mary in East Anglia. Renounced Protestantism and converted to Catholicism before his death. Sir Thomas Palmer: Executed for not recognizing Mary as Queen. Refused to convert to Catholicism before his death.
Giles Corey (bapt. Tooltip baptized 16 August 1611 – 19 September 1692) was an English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Margaret Clitherow (née Middleton, c. 1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English recusant, [2] and a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, [3] known as The Pearl of York.She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests.
In 1585, a new decree made it a crime punishable by death to go overseas to receive the sacrament of Ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Nicholas Devereux (who went by the alias of Nicholas Woodfen) and Edward Barber (see below Edward Stransham) were both put to death in 1586 under this law.
People executed by the Kingdom of England during the Tudor dynasty (1485–1603). Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Giles Corey was pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s.. The most infamous case in England was that of Roman Catholic martyr St. Margaret Clitherow, who (in order to avoid a trial in which her own children would be obliged to give evidence and could be tortured) was pressed to death on 25 March 1586, after refusing to plead to the charge of having harboured Catholic ...
The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales [1] or Cuthbert Mayne and Thirty-Nine Companion Martyrs are a group of Catholic, lay and religious, men and women, executed between 1535 and 1679 for treason and related offences under various laws enacted by Parliament during the English Reformation.