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St Margaret Clitherow

Photograph at the St Margaret Clitherow bronze plaque

Margaret Clitherow (née Middleton, c. 1556 – 25 March 1586) was an English Catholic recusant known as The Pearl of York. She was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea to the charge of harbouring Catholic priests.

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