Protestant martyr. Before his execution,he wrote to his wife Anne: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ be with you dear wife, now and for ever, amen, and prevent your ways through his Holy Spirit, that ye may in all your words and works please God"
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Robert Smith
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Monk at London Charterhouse. Newdigate was a personal friend of Henry VIII. The king visited him twice in prison but Newdigate refused to change his views. Executed at Tyburn.
See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
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