Fishmonger and Mayor 1374 to 1375 and 1380 to 1381. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 King Richard II met the rebels, led by Wat Tyler, at Smithfield to discuss their demands. A scuffle broke out involving, among others, Walworth and Tyler which eventually led to Walworth having Tyler summarily beheaded. Exploring London tells his story and Spartacus carries a detailed eye-witness account of the events of June that year.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir William Walworth
Commemorated ati
Holborn Viaduct - Walworth
The sword he sports represents the one which removed Tyler's head, the origin...
Other Subjects
Levellers
A group of political radicals during the Civil War and the interregnum. Its origins lie in discussions within the New Model Army concerning soldiers' individual rights. They promoted: law reform,...
1 memorial
Joseph Allen Baker
Engineer and politician. Born at Maple Ridge Farm in Trenton, Ontario. He came to London in 1878 and with his brothers, established a company specialising in machinery for the confectionery and bak...
1 memorial
Peter of Savoy
Ninth Earl of Savoy and first earl of Richmond. Uncle to Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's wife. Henry gave him the land on which, in 1263, he built the Savoy Palace.
3 memorials
Lord David Ennals
Labour politician. Born Staffordshire. Secretary of State for Social Services 1976 - 9. Patron of the Bromley by Bow Centre. Died at home in Belsize Park.
1 memorial
Archibald Duncan Galloway
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
1 memorial
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Thompson James Filmer
Thompson James Filmer is the 1st on the left of the seven boys sitting in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born on 28 January 1900, the eighth of the eleven children of John Apps Budds Fi...
2 memorials
Sir Bradley Wiggins - Paddington Rec
W9, Randolph Avenue, Paddington Recreation Ground
The Bannister plaques are the ones on the right of the pavilion, and the Wiggins one is on the left. 2018: From The Telegraph: "Paddingt...
4 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Philip Seary
Philip H. Seary was born on 12 August 1959, the elder son of Stanley H. Seary and Maureen A. Seary née Yeo. His brother, Andrew K. Seary was born in 1962 and both births were registered in the Swin...
1 memorial
Oliver Wheatley
For some more of his work in London see the ever excellent Ornamental Passions.
2 memorials
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