Margaret was a devout Catholic who promoted the Catholic faith which made people want to convert to Catholicism. She would also convert people that practiced the states’ religion, back to their original Catholic faith. Margaret of Clitherow was loved by many people, and a lot of people knew she had priests hiding in her home, but no one dared to betray her. She was a perfect wife to her husband, but his only regret was that she could not attend church with him. Her husband was questioned one day by the authorities why their oldest son was sent away to get an education, and the Clitherow house was searched. A Flemish boy, fear for his life, revealed the hiding place of the priests. On March 10, 1586, Margaret was arrested, alongside another housewife who had attended Mass in the Clitherow residence. Margaret’s only concern was that her family was to remain safe. On March 14, 1586, she was sent before Judges Clinch and Rhodes and the Council of the North. Her only statement was, “Having made no offense, I need no trial”. If she wanted to go on trial, her family would have been called in as witnesses against her, and she was certain that she did not want that to happen. Margaret refused to plead, and her only witnesses were her children and servants, but she refused to involve them because they would feel guilty for the cause of her death. The judge sentenced her to be “pressed to death”. Ten days were allowed to pass before her execution. On the day of her death she was very calm and forgiving. She was praying when she asked God to turn Queen Elizabeth I to the Catholic