Chief Justice of England during the reign of Henry IV. Born Yorkshire.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir William Gascoigne
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Whitecross Debtors' Prison
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Albert Woodfox
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Execution Dock
Execution dock is where, Frog blog says: "those condemned by the High Court of Admiralty were hung. It is not true they were all pirates, most were murderers or thieves." Its precise location is no...
Watch House in Hampstead
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United States constitution
This was partly based on Magna Carta.