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| First Name |
Richard
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| Last Name |
Simpson
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| Full Name at Birth |
Richard Simpson
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| Alternative Name |
Richard Simpson, Richard Sympson
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1552
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| Birthplace |
Well, Yorkshire, England
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| Died |
24th July, 1588
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| Place of Death |
St Mary's Bridge in Derby, England
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| Cause of Death |
Hanged, drawn, and quartered
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation Text |
English priest, martyred in the reign of Elizabeth I
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| Occupation |
Religion
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Richard Simpson (or Sympson) (c. 1553 – 24 July 1588) was an English priest, martyred in the reign of Elizabeth I. He was born in Well, in Yorkshire. Little is known of his early life, but according to Challoner's Memoirs of Missionary Priests, he became an Anglican priest, but later converted to Catholicism. He was imprisoned in York as a Catholic recusant; on being released, he went to Douai College, where he was admitted on 19 May 1577. The date of his ordination is unknown; the college, at this time, was preparing for its move to Rheims, and record keeping was affected. But it is known that the ordination took place in Brussels within four months of his admission to the seminary, and that on 17 September, Simpson set out for England to work as a missionary priest. He carried out his ministry in Lancashire and Derbyshire.
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