Claim: Thomas Holford was born in 1541 and died in 1588 in Clerkenwell, and a secondary school was also named after him in Greater Manchester, the "Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College."
Evidence: 1541
Cheshire 28 August 1588
Clerkenwell Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College is a secondary school based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. The school specialises in maths and computing, and is named after Blessed Thomas Holford, a 16th-century priest from Cheshire.