Group    From 1535  To 1681

Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

Categories: Religion, Tragedy

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105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows, 1535 - 1681. The Tyburn Convent website explains but only lists a few. We have found other memorials to a few of them: John Houghton and the 17 other Carthusian Martyrs and Gregory Gunne - probably.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

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Tyburn Convent - Cardinal Godfrey

"Tyburn Hill"? Pancake more like! Can anyone explain this description? Thi...

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Tyburn Convent - green

105 Catholic martyrs lost their lives at the Tyburn gallows near this site, 1...

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Tyburn Convent - relief

There is a better picture at Flickr - we're not proud. Note the Tyburn tree ...

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Richard Meux Benson

Richard Meux Benson

Founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, popularly known as the Cowley Fathers. In addition to the information shown on his Wikipedia page, Richard Meux Benson was born on 6 July 1824 in...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Knights Templar

Knights Templar

The seal of the Knights incorporated the image of a horse with two riders, the Knights originally being too poor to have a horse each.   By papal decree the Knights Templar were dissolved in 1312 a...

Group, Armed Forces, Religion, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Bishop Mandell Creighton

Bishop Mandell Creighton

Born Carlisle. His first career was as an historian. Bishop of London, 1897–1901.

Person, History, Religion

2 memorials
Mrs Robinson Whittaker

Mrs Robinson Whittaker

This lady is surely the wife of the Rev. Robinson Whittaker of the London Mission. From a 1940 edition of "The War Cry": At a meeting in Rivercourt Church, Hammersmith: "The Rev. Robinson Whittake...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Alexander Cruden

Alexander Cruden

Humanist, scholar and intellectual. Born Aberdeen, came to London in 1719 to be a tutor but then became a bookseller in the Royal Exchange and also worked as a press-reader, earning the nickname "A...

Person, Religion, Scotland

1 memorial