Tortured and exiled for his Protestant beliefs. Chaplain to the Earl of Essex and vicar of West Ham, 1551 - 1563. Although not a martyr he was tortured & exiled for preaching against auricular confession transubstantiation purgatory and images. He was a distinguished Preacher of the Reformation and greatly encouraged the martyrs listed on the Stratford Martyrs memorial.
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Revd. Thomas Rose
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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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John Owen, DD
Church leader. Born Oxfordshire. Chaplain to Cromwell. Died Ealing. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Scottish National Church
From the church's website: Crown Court Church is unique in its history as the longest-established Presbyterian church in England, dating from 1711. The Church of Scotland has been active in London...
1 memorial
Peter of Colechurch
His name, sometimes given as Peter de Colechurch, is connected to the church where he was a priest, St Mary Colechurch in Cheapside. Colechurch had already rebuilt London Bridge from elm in about ...
1 memorial
Reverend George Augustus Mayo How
Prebendary of St Paul's, Rural Dean of Stepney and Vicar of Bromley St Leonard for twenty years. We learn from his obituary in the Guardian of 1 March 1893 that, apart from his first 6 months and ...
1 memorial
Union Chapel, Islington
From Union Chapel: "Our story ... started in 1799 when dissenting congregants from St Mary’s, Upper Street began worshipping together in a private house in Highbury Grove." This was number 18. "E...
3 memorials
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Colonial Office - S08 - Bathurst
SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Archbishop of Canterbury
SE1, Cornwall Road
We were expecting the phrase "May they have peace who dwell therein" to be a quote from the Bible but we can't find it.
1 subject commemorated
June Aylward
W11, Portobello Road, 115
The London Compendium gives 1950 as the year in which Aylward opened her shop, while Wikipedia reckons "antiques dealers arrived in the l...
1 subject commemorated
PP - 4Q - Distillery
EC1, Edward Street
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
4 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Sir Percy Cradock
TW1, Richmond Road, 303
Both Wikipedia and The Guardian spell the name with one 'd'.
1 subject commemorated
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