Saint Ann Line
Ann was a widow. She suffered from almost continual headaches; she was infirm and had dropsy, but she cared for her soul and had great devotion to the blessed Sacrament.
She did not believe in idle talk: on Candlemas Day 1601 pursuivants raided her house when mass was just beginning.
The priest was a Mr Page and he managed to escape because the door was strongly barred, however they took Mrs Line to prison along with a Mrs gage who was later freed.
Ann was tried by Chief Justice Popham at the Old Bailey. He directed the jury to find her guilty of harbouring a priest. She prepared for her death by prayer.
At Tyburn, when she was just ready to die, she declared
'I am sentenced to die for harbouring a Catholic priest and so far I am from repenting for having done so, that I wish with all my soul, that where I have entertained one, I would have entertained a thousand.'
She was executed on 27 February 1601.