18 Carthusians were executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. 16 were from London Charterhouse, including the prior John Houghton, and 2 from other English Charterhouses. Between May 1535 and August 1540, nine were starved to death in Newgate Prison, seven were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn and two were executed in York.
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Carthusian Martyrs
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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...
Other Subjects
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
Born Bath, of royal blood, she survived the Wars of the Roses and was trusted by Henry VIII enough to be a governess to Mary, his daughter by Catherine of Aragon. However when the king wanted a di...
2 memorials
Section Officer Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman, Croix de Guerre
Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer was born on 28 October 1911 at 13 Avenue de la Grande Armée, Paris, France, one of the six children of Swiss nationals Michelangelo Mercurio (1872-1953) and Berthe Ly...
Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
1 memorial
Anne Boleyn
Second wife of Henry VIII and so Queen of England, 1533 to 1536. Though married to Catherine of Aragon, Henry developed a passion for one of her maids of honour, Anne, and so began the whole horri...
6 memorials
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