Scottish knight and national hero. Born Renfrewshire. Convicted of treason Wallace was executed at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered - a very gruesome death reserved for traitors. Mel Gibson's Braveheart is not considered an accurate retelling.
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Sir William Wallace
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Sir William Wallace
2019: Scott Kelly informed us of the work he and his colleagues do, looking a...
Westminster Hall - William Wallace + Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee
{Top plaque:} Near this spot, at the Kings Bench at the South end of the Hall...
Other Subjects
James Walworth
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
Thomas Fust
Burnt at the stake in Ware (his home town) for his Protestant beliefs. Was associated with Harwood. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
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.
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
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.
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