Monk at London Charterhouse. Nephew of the Richard Beere who was Abbot of Glastonbury. Became a Carthusian in February 1523. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though there may have been a change of plan which meant he was fed for a while.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Richard Beere
Commemorated atInformation
Carthusian martyrs
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...
Other Subjects
William Greenwood
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
Duke of Monmouth
Born James Scott (or Crofts or Fitzroy) at Rotterdam. Illegitimate son of King Charles II and Lucy Walter. He came to England in 1662 where he was created Duke of Monmouth. At the death of Charles ...
John Routh
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
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. Â Burley had great influence over the king, which was resented b...
Thomas Cromwell
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...