▁Br eres ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁R ig by ▁was ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁ste ward ▁for ▁Sir ▁Edmund ▁Hud dl eston . ▁Sir ▁Edmund ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁sessions ▁house ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Ba iley ▁to ▁ple ad ▁ill ness ▁for ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁his ▁daughter , ▁the ▁wid ow ▁Mrs . ▁Fort esc ue , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁sum mon ed ▁on ▁a ▁charge ▁of ▁rec us ancy . ▁A ▁commission er ▁then ▁question ed ▁R ig by ▁about ▁his ▁own ▁religious ▁belief s . ▁R ig by ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁Catholic ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁New gate . ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁the ▁fe ast ▁day ▁of ▁St ▁Valent ine , ▁he ▁signed ▁a ▁conf ession ▁saying ▁that ▁since ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁recon ci led ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁faith ▁by ▁Saint ▁John ▁Jones , ▁a ▁Francis can ▁priest , ▁in ▁the ▁Cl ink ▁some ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁years ▁previously , ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁attended ▁Ang lic an ▁services . ▁He ▁was ▁sent ▁back ▁to ▁New gate ▁and ▁later ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁White ▁Lion . ▁Tw ice ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁rec ant , ▁but ▁twice ▁refused . ▁He ▁told ▁the ▁judge ▁that ▁his ▁sentence ▁for ▁tre ason ▁" is ▁the ▁thing ▁which ▁I ▁desire ". ▁ ▁His ▁sentence ▁was ▁carried ▁out . ▁He ▁gave ▁the ▁execution er ▁who ▁helped ▁him ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁cart ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁gold , ▁saying , ▁" Take ▁this ▁in ▁token ▁that ▁I ▁freely ▁forg ive ▁thee ▁and