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Nicholas Fierberti, copyist and servant from the beginning of the cardinaliate. A gentleman of very noble birth whose relatives have suffered much for their Catholic faith ... His father died in imprisonment of 26 years for the faith, and his uncle also left this life in prison for the same cause,
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During his absence, his manor and hall at Padley had been seized in 1589 following the arrest of two priests who had been caught by chance when the manor was searched for Fitzherbert's father, John. The two priests would be held at
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in 1580. During his absence from England he was found guilty of treason on 1 January 1580, on account of his zeal for the Catholic cause, and especially for his activity in raising funds for the English College at
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to Rome, 5 October 1598. All the English in Rome came to the College to hear his reasons against Mr. Nicholas Fitzherbert.
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had made a grant to Henry Butler and two others, and their heirs, to make use of the Fitzherbert properties at Padley.
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Ioannis Casae Galathaeus, sive de Moribus, Liber Italicus. A Nicolao Fierberto Anglo-Latine expressus,
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In 1595, Gilotti of Rome published Fitzherbert's translation into 'Anglo-Latin' of the poet
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eventually fell into ruin, but part of the remains were restored into a chapel (pictured).
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De Antiquitate et continuatione religionis in Anglia et de Alani Cardinalis vita libellus
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Fitzherbert accidentally drowned while attempting to cross a brook, a few miles south of
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to note who should receive any of the King's generosity. The note records that:
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Forgotten Shrines: An Account of Some Old Catholic Halls and Families
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The remains of Padley Hall is now a chapel restored in 1933.
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after having been incarcerated for 32 years continuously.
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On Cardinal Allen's death, recommendations were made to
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Fitzherbert strenuously opposed the policy adopted by
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Index

Padley
Florence
Exeter College, Oxford
University of Douai
recusant
Cardinal William Allen
treason
Catholicism
Padley
Anthony Fitzherbert
Thomas Fitzherbert
Florence
Exeter College, Oxford
University of Douai
Bologna
Rheims
Pope Gregory XIII
scudi
Dr William Allen
English College, Douai
Giovanni della Casa
Italian language
Robert Parsons, SJ
Roger Baynes
Cardinal Allen
Naples

Derby Gaol
hanged drawn and quartered
James I

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