John Almond (1537 – 18 April 1585) was a

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monk. He is commemorated as a

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in the

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, and his name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs. He came from

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, and was a monk in the time of

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, but neither his abbey nor his fate during and after its

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have been identified. He died in prison at

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on 18 April 1585, having been imprisoned there since 1579.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Almond, John 1537 births 1585 deaths People from Cheshire English people who died in prison custody 16th-century Roman Catholics Year of birth unknown English Cistercians 16th-century English clergy