Saint margaret ward biography
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Saint margaret ward biography
Margaret Ward, Venerable
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Ward, MARGARET, VENERABLE, martyr, born at Congleton, Cheshire; executed at Tyburn, London, August 30, 1588. Nothing is known of her early life except that she was of good family and for a time dwelt in the house of a lady of distinction named Whitall then residing in London.
Knowing that William Watson, the priest who wrote the work known as the “Quodlibets”, was imprisoned, she obtained permission to visit him. After several visits she disarmed the vigilance of the gaoler and furnished him with a cord whereby he could make his escape.
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At the appointed time the boatman whom she had engaged to convey the priest down the river refused to carry out his bargain, and in her distress she confided her difficulty to, a young man, Ven. John Roche (or Neele), who undertook to assist her.
He provided a boat and exchanged clothes with Watson, who made good his escape. But the clothes betrayed John Roche, and the rope convinced the ga