recusancy

After the sixteenth century, Monmouth was a centre for recusancy.

In later life he spent many years imprisoned unable to pay recusancy fines.

Even at the height of the campaign, recusancy cases occupied less than half the Chamber's time.

The governmental attacks on recusancy were mostly upon the gentry.

It was only as time passed that recusancy, refusal to attend Protestant services, became more common.

Watson wished to have no more fines for recusancy levied.

Byrd himself appears in the recusancy lists from 1584.

Again, records show that the Byrds were routinely fined for recusancy.

Their refusal to take the oath would make them liable to the punishments of recusancy.

His career was troubled by accusations of recusancy and disloyalty to the Crown.

She was an open Catholic and was convicted of recusancy at regular intervals from 1599 until her death.

Catholic recusancy was strong in the surrounding countryside.

Ambrose's parents had been imprisoned for their recusancy, and he was indicted on the same charge in February 1605.

This very afternoon, right at the begining of the swing hours, there were several executions under the recusancy laws.

Shirburn Castle became a centre of Recusancy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.

Thomas entered Lincoln's Inn in 1615 but was expelled for recusancy.

The dukes have historically been Catholic, a state of affairs known as recusancy in England.

Nevertheless, he regularly appeared in the quarterly local assizes to pay heavy fines for recusancy.

Catholics also hoped the Stuarts would end recusancy.

Towards the end of his life both he and some of his sons were jailed for recusancy.

In 1618 he was brought before a church court to answer for his recusancy and also for his secret marriage to Johanna.

In 1608 the privy council ordered a stay of proceedings against both Wadhams on a charge of recusancy.

He was sympathetic to Dissenters and was a commissioner of the inquiry into recusancy fines in 1688.

While publicly Protestant, the family remained Catholic (see Recusancy).

However, the Giffard fortunes were damaged severely by the recusancy of John and his successors.