On a recent Sunday in July Archbishop Vincent Nichols, above, flanked by Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham and Bishop John Rawsthorne of Hallam, led pilgrims at Padley Manor House to celebrate the lives and deaths of Nicholas Garlick and Robert Ludlam, the Padley Martyrs, convicted of treason on July 23 1588.
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Archbishop Vincent Nichols leads pilgrimage to Padley
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Bishop Malcolm McMahon of Nottingham and Bishop John Rawsthorne of Hallam lead pilgrims in honouring the lives of 16th-century martyrs
By Staff Reporter on Thursday, 22 July 2010
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