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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John Rigby |
 | | He was the fifth or sixth son of Nicholas Rigby, by Mary, daughter of Oliver Breres of Preston. |
 | | Fortescue, being then ill, was cited to the Old Bailey for recusancy, Rigby appeared on her behalf; compelled to confess himself a Catholic, he was sent to Newgate. |
 | | The next day, 14 February, 1599 or 1600, he signed a confession, that, since he had been reconciled by the martyr, John Jones the Franciscan, in the Clink some two or three years previously, he had declined to go to church. |
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