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 | |
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| 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.