Author: Camm, Dom Bede
Title: The Life Of John Wall, O.F.M., The Martyr Of Harvington Hall
Description: published by the Committee of the Management of Harvington Hall, Kidderminster, 1972, 3rd impression. Stapled pamphlet, F. 72pp, b/w frontis, a near fine copy. The book has been re set, so techincally this is a 2nd edition. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A brief guide to Harvington Hall, a moated Tudor manor house, noted for having seven priest holes, and Saint John Wall, O.F.M., [ 1620 - 1679 ] a popular Catholic priest who after 22 years service in Worcestershire was hanged as being a sympathiser of Titus Oates. The book maintains that Wall used Harvington as his base for some 12 years.

Keywords: topography, hagiography, catholicism, harvington, religion, worcestershire, theology, martyrdom