Group    From 1535  To 1681

Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

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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.

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Catholic martyrs at the Tyburn gallows

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