Protestant martyr burned at Smithfield. The first of the 'Marian Martyrs'.
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John Rogers
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs
Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for exe...
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Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged fro...
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Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick
His father, George Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason by being drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine, if we believe Shakespeare. Edward was a potential claimant to the English throne and so imp...
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Sir Simon de Burley
Soldier and then tutor to Prince Richard who would become Richard II. Burley stayed close to Richard, arranging his marriage for him. Burley had great influence over the king, which was resented b...
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Robert Smith
Protestant martyr. Before his execution,he wrote to his wife Anne: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ be with you dear wife, now and for ever, amen, and prev...
1 memorial
Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and was the last man to be beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold. We're sure that made him feel a lot better about it. 2017: The Scotsman re...
1 memorial
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Louis B. and Mrs Susman
USA Ambassador, lawyer, retired investment banker, and wife.
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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