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.
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Richard Beere
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Carthusian martyrs
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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
Agnes George
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Sir Harry Vane (the younger)
Statesman. Born Debden. As a Protestant dissenter he failed to secure the advancements at the King's court for which he had hoped and so set off to the newly established Massachusetts where he was ...
2 memorials
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
Army commander. Born Staffordshire. A commander in the 1st Cornish Rebellion. Captured at the battle on Blackheath on 17 June 1497 and beheaded on Tower Hill.
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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St Barnabas' church, West Silvertown
This National Library of Scotland 1914 map shows the "Missn Ch" between Eastwood and Westwood Road, just north of the tennis courts on what is now Britannia Village Green. Opened in 1882 as a miss...
1 memorial
Arsene Wenger
French former football manager and player. Manager of Arsenal 1996-2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history.
1 memorial
Borough of Enfield
The northernmost borough of London. Formed by the amalgamation of the Municipal Boroughs of Southgate, Enfield and Edmonton.
11 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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