Born Herefordshire. Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Became a favourite of the Queen. However he performed badly as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and on his return he was tried and lost his place at court and his income. Desperate, he fortified his town mansion, Essex House and in February 1661 he led a mini rebellion. This failed and Essex was beheaded on Tower Green. His was the last head to roll at that venue. Father of the 3rd Earl.
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
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Tower of London execution site
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushio...
Other Subjects
Thomas Johnson
Monk at London Charterhouse. 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.
1 memorial
Ensign Denise Madeleine Bloch, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre
Denise Madeleine Bloch was born on 21 January 1916 in Paris, France to a Jewish family. Her father was Jacques Henri Bloch and her mother was Suzanne Levi-Strauss. She had three brothers. Her Wiki...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lyon Cawch
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his 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
Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt
Master mariner. Born Southampton. From Hellfire Corner : Captain of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Brussels, he in utter defiance of the Germans continued to work the Rotterdam-Briti...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
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