Person    | Female  Died 27/6/1556

Agnes George

Categories: Execution, Religion

Agnes George

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.

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Agnes George

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Stratford Martyrs

The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...

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Lady Jane Grey

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John Bradford

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Duke of Monmouth

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Stratford Martyrs

Stratford Martyrs

The church website has done a very thorough job on the history not just of the memorial but the church and the area so we quote them here on the background to the martyrs: "In 1553 Queen Mary Tudor...

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1 memorial
Earl of Kilmarnock

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Jacobite.  Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden.  Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.

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Charles Jamrach

Dealer in birds and wildlife generally. Born Johann Christian Carl Jamrach in either Hamburg or Memel (depending on source). He moved to London and became an importer, breeder, and exporter of anim...

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Paul Hutcheson

Paul Hutcheson

Cycling to work in the Monday morning rush hour he was hit by a car and killed.  Aged 41 with two children.  A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and fa...

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1 memorial
E. Phillips

E. Phillips

Killed in WW1.

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1 memorial
J. J. Holmes

J. J. Holmes

Surbiton man killed serving in WW1.

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1 memorial
Christopher Jones

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