PL 04 • Age 11 • 1595

Our family home burnt down

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In the year 1595, when Mary was in her eleventh year, on the Feast of the Annunciation, a great fire broke out in her father's mansion at Mulwith. She was not alarmed, but remained in a room, saying the rosary with her sisters until their father came to fetch them.

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The Ward family home at Mulwith, near Ripon in Yorkshire.

A fire destroys the family home, a common occurrence in timber-framed houses with open fires.

The family would need to rescue any hidden Catholic items, relics, and sacred texts.

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PL 04 • Age 11 • 1595

Our family home burnt down

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