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[[Beatification|Blessed]] '''Lawrence Richardson''' of [[Great Crosby]], [[Lancashire]], was an English [[martyr]]. He was [[beatified]] in 1886. He was executed at [[Tyburn]] in 1582, with [[Luke Kirby (priest)|Luke Kirby]]. His feast day is May 30.<ref>http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4215</ref>
[[Beatification|Blessed]] '''Lawrence Richardson''' of [[Great Crosby]], [[Lancashire]], was an English [[martyr]].

Born Lawrence Johnson, he was the son of Richard Johnson, of Great Crosby, Lancashire, and a Fellow of Brasenose College. He was ordained priest at Douai in March 1577,<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-blessed-lawrence-richardson/ “Blessed Lawrence Richardson”. ''New Catholic Dictionary''. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 September 2013]</ref> and afterwards, taking the name of Richardson, left for the English Mission,<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-laurence-richardson/ Monks of Ramsgate. “Laurence Richardson”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 September 2014]{{PD-notice}}</ref> in late July.

In 1581, Richardson was arrested in London on his way to France and imprisoned in Newgate, charged with complicity in the pretended "Rheims and Rome plot". He was executed at [[Tyburn]] in 1582, with [[Luke Kirby (priest)|Luke Kirby]]. His feast day is May 30.<ref>http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4215</ref> He was [[beatified]] in 1886.


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Blessed Lawrence Richardson of Great Crosby, Lancashire, was an English martyr.

Born Lawrence Johnson, he was the son of Richard Johnson, of Great Crosby, Lancashire, and a Fellow of Brasenose College. He was ordained priest at Douai in March 1577,[1] and afterwards, taking the name of Richardson, left for the English Mission,[2] in late July.

In 1581, Richardson was arrested in London on his way to France and imprisoned in Newgate, charged with complicity in the pretended "Rheims and Rome plot". He was executed at Tyburn in 1582, with Luke Kirby. His feast day is May 30.[3] He was beatified in 1886.

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