Richard Topcliffe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Topcliffe

english interrogator

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1531

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1604

Profession: politician, executioner

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Richard Topcliffe (14 November 1531 – late 1604) was an investigator and practitioner of torture during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
A landowner and Member of Parliament, he became notorious as the government's chief enforcer of the penal laws against the practice of Catholicism.