Crossword-Solution: CASTILLO 8 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Castillo, once his friend, assailed his doctrine of Decrees, and was obliged to quit Geneva, and was so persecuted that he died of actual starvation; Perrin, captain-general of the republic, danced at a wedding, and was thrown into prison; Bolsec, an eminent physician, opposed the doctrine of Predestination, and was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment; Gruet spoke lightly of the ordinances of religion, and was beheaded; Servetus was a moral and learned and honest man, but could not escape the flames.

The man primarily responsible for this revival of the Inquisition was Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain.

Its singers are as yet known only among their own folk; the names of John Castillo and Florence Tweddell are household words among the peasants of the Cleveland dales, as are those of Ben Preston and John Hartley among the artisans of the Aire and Calder valleys; but, outside of the county, they are almost unknown, except to those who are of Yorkshire descent and who cherish the dialect because of its association with the homes of their childhood.

Returning once more to the North Riding, we must first of all draw attention to the poet, John Castillo.

Castillo died at Pickering in 1845, and five years later a complete edition of his poems was published at Kirkby Moorside.