11. Catholic recusancy was strong in the surrounding countryside. 12. Catholic Record Society publications reveal the family's long adherence to Roman Catholic recusancy . 13. On 26 September 1606, the value of his recusancy was granted to Lord Hay. 14. He was active in campaigns against recusancy . 15. His career was dogged by accusations of recusancy and of disloyalty to the English Crown. 16. Even more discontent resulted when the King allowed his Scottish nobles to collect the recusancy fines. 17. There were 5, 560 convicted of recusancy in 1605, of whom 112 were landowners. 18. The dukes have historically been Catholic, a state of affairs known as recusancy in England. 19. However, the Giffard fortunes were damaged severely by the recusancy of John and his successors. 20. They all received pensions, and royal exemption from prosecutions for recusancy after the Popish Plot.
