Richard Topcliffe (14 November 1531 – late 1604) was a priest hunter and practitioner of torture during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. A landowner...

Topcliffe may refer to: Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in England Topcliffe Castle, an abandoned castle Topcliffe railway station...

drama Elizabeth R, Wilde played the efficient, merciless 'rackmaster' Richard Topcliffe, who was charged with the torture of prisoners in the Tower of London...

happened to Edmund Gennings in 1591. He was asked by priest hunter Richard Topcliffe to "confess his treason", but when Gennings responded "if to say Mass...

clown, but was offered a chance at screen acting by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in...

and intermittently tortured and questioned by priest hunter Sir Richard Topcliffe, Southwell was eventually tried and convicted of high treason against...

Ludlow 1572 Hugh Powell John Frenche 1584 Richard Topcliffe Roger Gifford 1586 Edward Berkeley Richard Topcliffe 1588–9 Roger Gifford Henry Baynton I 1593...

is best known as the home of Richard Topcliffe, the infamous Tudor torturer and persecutor of Roman Catholics. Topcliffe brought one of his victims, Anne...

of the most infamous priest hunters of Elizabeth's reign was Sir Richard Topcliffe, who delighted in personally torturing and playing mind games with...

Archbishop Whitgift Rosalie Crutchley as Catherine Parr Brian Wilde as Richard Topcliffe David Garfield as John Ballard Peter Egan as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd...

Shakespeare Olivia DeJonge as Alice Burbage Ewen Bremner as Richard Topcliffe Mattias Inwood as Richard Burbage Jamie Campbell Bower as Christopher Marlowe William...

1501 – Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575) 1531 – Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (d. 1604) 1601 – John Eudes, French priest and missionary...

Nashe were issued by Queen Elizabeth I's so-called interrogator, Richard Topcliffe. Jonson was jailed in Marshalsea Prison and charged with "Leude and...

whole kennel of collections to the purpose." Whatever the cause, Richard Topcliffe informed Robert Cecil, who raised the issue to the Privy Council on...

reminiscent of the tactics used by Elizabethan Era priest hunters like Sir Richard Topcliffe. Julian Felsenburgh's leadership style was modelled after that of...

1588 to 1591. On 2 November 1591, he was captured by priest hunter Richard Topcliffe at the house of Swithun Wells on Gray's Inn Lane, a centre of hospitality...

Douai College, and returned to England in 1586. He was captured by Richard Topcliffe in Fleet Street, London, close to where he was hanged, drawn and quartered...

December – George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (born 1540) late – Richard Topcliffe, Member of Parliament and torturer (born 1532) 1605 5 April – Adam...

Walpole spent about three months at York Castle before priest hunter Richard Topcliffe had him transferred to the Tower of London in February 1594. There...

(b. 1520) Thomas North, English translator of Plutarch (b. 1535) Richard Topcliffe, English politician and torturer (b. 1531) Ma Shouzhen, Chinese Gējì...

December 1067. William de Percy was created as the 1st feudal baron of Topcliffe in Yorkshire. He was rebuilding York Castle in 1070. The Percy surname...

was the son of Richard Bunny (died 1535) and Rose Bunny, née Topcliffe, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Topcliffe of Topcliffe, Lord Chief Justice...

was taken to the Tower of London for interrogation on the rack by Richard Topcliffe. Returned to Durham he was condemned by the Assizes and hanged, drawn...

Percy, Lord of Topcliffe, son of Alan de Percy and Emma de Gant; (2) Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, brother of Owain Gwynedd Robert Fitz Richard de Clare, perhaps...

arrested on the orders of Queen Elizabeth I of England's "interrogator," Richard Topcliffe, briefly jailed in Marshalsea Prison, and charged with "Leude and...

(b. 1520) Thomas North, English translator of Plutarch (b. 1535) Richard Topcliffe, English politician and torturer (b. 1531) Ma Shouzhen, Chinese Gējì...

England Preceded by Nicholas Bacon Robert Hall Member of Parliament for Beverley 1571 With: Robert Layton Succeeded by Richard Topcliffe Thomas Aglionby...

the Tower of London and the notorious priest-hunter and torturer Richard Topcliffe. They catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth, of whom Campion speaks with...

October 27 – Herbert Duifhuis, Dutch minister (d. 1581) November 14 – Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (d. 1604) November 16 – Anna d'Este, duchess consort...

decent burial. In London he was severely tortured by priest hunter Richard Topcliffe. He was hung by the joints of his fingers and arms, and was in extreme...