Queen Mary I (reigned 1553-8) earned the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for the persecution and execution of Protestants and other non-Catholics during her reign. Wikipedia lists abut 40 in an 'incomplete' list.
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Marian Martyrs executed at Smithfield
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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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John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
Unusually well-educated. Titles: Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable, Deputy Governor of Ireland.... and Butcher of England - for his relish in executing many Lancastrians. Thus when the Lan...
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
Lieutenant Colonel Selden Raymond Edner, DFC
Selden Raymond Edner was born on 26 January 1919 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA, the second of the three sons of Eric Olaus Edner (1890-1948) and Anna Josephina Edner née Halvor...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Born Wales. His father was executed by Richard III. Buckingham was part of the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII but his Plantagenet heritage made Henry suspicious of him and so following a trial...
1 memorial
Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
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Sir John James Burnet
Architect. Born Glasgow. Studied in Paris and returned to gain significant commisions in Glasgow. His first work in London was the Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, for which he was kn...
1 memorial
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