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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Richard Brandon
King Charles I's alleged executioner. Buried in St Mary Matfalon churchyard.
transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
Surrey County / White Lion Prison
From at least 1580 prison facilities were provided by the White Lion Inn. For many years there were plans to demolish and rebuild and this finally happened when the Marshalsea moved onto this site...
Sir Michael Kerr
Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in December 1989.
Cy Grant
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Fountain Court
WC2, Strand, Savoy Buildings
This way was called Fountain Court until 1883 from the Fountain Tavern which stood on this site.
Roman Road - Kilburn
NW6, Kilburn High Road, 63
The Romans were in Britain AD 43 - 410 so we think the '900s' on the plaque refers to the period (early medieval) when the name 'Watling ...
Corporation of the City of London
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
Hackney Council
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...
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