Monk at London Charterhouse. Executed at Tyburn.
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Humphrey Middlemore
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Carthusian martyrs
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Marian Martyrs executed at Smithfield
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Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcey of Templehurst
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Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat
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Richard Beere
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Dr Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
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Dame Sybil Thorndike
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