The shrine of St. Margaret Clitherow, half way down the Shambles. Margaret Clitherow was daughter of the sherriff of York, Thomas Middleton, and married to a butcher with premises in the Shambles, John Clitherow. Having converted to Catholicism she started to hide priests and hold mass at a time when it was illegal to do so. She was eventually arrested , tried but would not enter a plea, which was punishable by being crushed to death. For further details visit the Catholic Encyclopedia entry for Margaret Clitherow.
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