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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sebastian Newdigate
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Carthusian martyrs
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...
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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
John Apprice
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Blind. Shared a stake with Laverock who chatted with him during their ordeal.
1 memorial
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
Born in Essex. Caught supporting the wrong side when Edward IV assumed the throne, he was arrested and convicted of high treason which led to the loss of his head at Tower Hill.
1 memorial
William, Lord Hastings
An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain. On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liki...
2 memorials
Operation Anthropoid
The code name for the assassination of SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, Reinhard Heydrich. This was the only only targeted killing of a top-ranking Nazi. The operation was carried out...
1 memorial
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Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, father of the theory of evolution and natural selection. Born at Shrewsbury. Grandfathers: Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood. Independently wealthy. Once he returned from th...
6 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Osbert Sitwell
SW3, Carlyle Square, 2
Wondering why the Park Lane Group, a musical charity, should erect this plaque we discovered that Sir Osbert's nephew, Francis Sitwell, ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Richard Le Gallienne
Poet and essayist. Born in Liverpool. A member of The Rhymers' Club.Died in Menton, south of France.
1 memorial
Harrow clock, WW2
HA1, West Street
For almost 4 years during WW2, while their buildings were occupied in war work, Malvern College was housed with Harrow School, which nowa...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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