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Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604)

Richard Topcliffe

English politician, priest-hunter and torturer (1531–1604)

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.
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November 14

Day of the year

November 14 is the 318th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 47 days remain until the end of the year.
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