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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bl. Thomas Cottam |
 | | Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582. |
 | | His execution was deferred till 30 May, 1582 (see Munday's 'Breefe Reporte"), when with William Filby, Luke Kirby and Laurence Richardson, secular priests (all beatified 29 December, 1886), he was drawn to Tyburn and executed. |
 | | His portrait, with martyrdom misdated, is reproduced in Foley, 'Records", VII (1) 174; his relics are the Mass corporal used by him and four other martyrs in the Tower (cf. |
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