National schools
National schools were set up by Anglican clergy and their local supporters and were run by single teachers using the monitorial system.
Barque of St Peter
An ancient Christian symbol for the Church.
Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines
The Convent of Poor Clares at Gravelines in the Spanish Netherlands (now in northern France), founded in 1607 by Mary Ward, was a community of English nuns of the Order of St Clare. Commonly called the Poor Clares, the order was founded in 1212 by Saint Clare of Assisi.
Ambrose Barlow
Ambrose Edward Barlow (1585 – 10 September 1641) was an English Benedictine monk who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
George Marsh
George Marsh, a Protestant priest who became a martyr, was born in the parish of Deane near Bolton in 1515. He died at Boughton, Chester, on 24 April 1555 as a result of the Marian Persecutions during the reign of Queen Mary I.
Number of the beast
The hideous beast whose number is 666 is introduced in the Book of Revelation, which many have seen as a description of the end of the world.