Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Blind. Shared a stake with Laverock who chatted with him during their ordeal.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Apprice
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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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Sir Thomas Wyatt
Born near Maidstone, son of the poet of the same name. Opposed the marriage of Queen Mary to Phillip of Spain, he marched on London in 1554 with 4,000 men of Kent but, failing, on 6 February, to g...
Agnes George
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.
Sebastian Newdigate
Monk at London Charterhouse. Newdigate was a personal friend of Henry VIII. The king visited him twice in prison but Newdigate refused to change his views. Executed at Tyburn.
James Walworth
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
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Ernest Dowson
Poet. Born Kent. A member of The Rhymers' Club. At the end of his life he was impoverished and was looked after by Robert Sherard at his house at 26 Sandhurst Gardens, Catford, where he died.
twinning with Clichy
E1, 145 Stepney Way, Stepney Meeting House United Reformed Church
The church plaque is below the large wooden cross. the twinning plaque, unusually large, is on the wall to the right, below the tree.
Adam Faith
W3, East Churchfield Road, Entrance to Acton Park
Adam Faith (Terry Nelhams), 1940 - 2003, singer & actor born in a house on this site, destroyed by a V1 bomb in 1944. Ealing Council ...
Thomas Coutts statue
WC2, Strand, 440
The Story of Holly Lodge' by Margaret Downing, March 2009, says that this statue was commissioned by Coutts' wife "to take pride of place...
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