Richard Topcliffe
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Gender | Male |
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Date of birth | November 14,1531 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Died | Derbyshire |
United Kingdom | |
1604 | |
Derbyshire | |
United Kingdom | |
Aunts | Agnes Burgh |
Elizabeth Burgh | |
Anne Burgh | |
Hon. Elizabeth Burgh | |
Dorothy Burgh | |
Eleanor Burgh | |
Cousins | Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh |
Grandparents | Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh |
Agnes Tyrwhitt | |
Thomas Burgh of Gainsborough | |
Margaret de Ros | |
Great grandparent | Eleanor Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset |
Uncles | Edward Burgh |
John Burgh | |
William Burgh | |
Thomas Burgh | |
Sir Thomas Burgh | |
Henry Burgh | |
Richard Burgh | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 4136861 |
Richard Topcliffe Life story
Richard Topcliffe was a priest hunter and practitioner of torture 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.