Nicholas Owen gained notoriety for his skill in building these people’s “holes.” Richard Topcliffe gained fame for his ability to hunt down people of this type, such as his victim Richard Southwell. After John Day was liberated from prison, he published a propaganda piece directed [emphasize] against these people called Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. The death of Edmund Godfrey inflamed fears of these people, following a fabricated conspiracy theory promulgated by Titus Oates. These people were the largest demographic targeted in the Test Act. An attempt to reduce discrimination against this religious group led to the near-destruction of the newly built Newgate Prison during the Gordon Riots. For 10 points, Elizabeth I led large persecutions of what religious group that was accused of leading the Popish Plot? ■END■
ANSWER: Catholics [or papists; prompt on priests by asking “of what religion?”]
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