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Priest holes were common in the homes of Catholics after Henry VIII began his full scale persecution of the Church and Catholics. Jesuits were often the missionary priests who sneaked into England to give the sacraments to the beleaguered Catholic laity - who were under the King's displeasure. If the authorities came to the house looking for a suspected priest, they were hidden in the "priest hole" until the authorities left.

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