Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Lame. When in the flames he said to Apprice who was sharing the stake: "Hold on, John, it won't be for long: remember the text: 'These are they which came, out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
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Hugh Laverock
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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
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
4 memorials
James Walworth
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
1 memorial
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Born Chancery Lane. An unpopular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Supported Charles I against Parliament and so the Long Parliament impeached him and he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
2 memorials
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lutheran pastor and theologian. 1933 - 35 he was a pastor at two German speaking London churches: German Evangelical Church - Sydenham and the German Reformed Church of St Paul's - Whitechapel. Bo...
4 memorials
William Hallywel
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
61 memorials
Laurence Bradshaw
Artist and sculptor. Born Liverpool. Socialist. Designed posters for London Transport 1935-1937. The only other London work of which we could find mention is a commission for eight bas-reliefs ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Westminster Hall - King George V & Queen Mary
SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall
These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Ha...
2 subjects commemorated
Private Sidney Albert Cownden
Private, number 38910 in the Gloucester Regiment. The handwritten notice to him on the Blackheath War Memorial transcribes it as 'Glouetshire'. Killed in action in France aged 16. We requested our...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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