One of the 18 Carthusian Martyrs. Prior of The London Charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery. Refused to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. Martyred at Tyburn.
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Saint John Houghton
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Carthusian martyrs
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...
Charterhouse
The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...
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Vavasor Powell
Non-conformist preacher. Born Radnorshire, Wales. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Canon Charles Bernard Mortlock, M.A.
Charles Bernard Mortlock was a rector, a canon, a connoisseur of art, architecture and antiques, and a journalist in archaeology. 1929 appointed Archaeological Correspondent for the Daily Telegrap...
2 memorials
John Williams
"Martyred" missionary. Born Tottenham. Trained as a foundry worker and mechanic. In 1817 the London Missionary Society sent him and his wife to the Pacific Islands where they took the good word to ...
1 memorial
Revd. Christopher Thomas James Chessun
Rector of St Dunstans Stepney, 1999. Enthroned as the Bishop of Southwark in 2011.
1 memorial
Reverend Simon Downham
Active in 2002. Associated with St Paul's Church, Queen Caroline Street.
1 memorial
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James Hanley
Novelist and playwright. The ODNB says he was born Dublin 1901. Wikipedia says that's wrong; it was Liverpool in 1897. Left school aged 12 and educated himself thereafter. In WW1 he served in t...
1 memorial
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