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
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Holborn Viaduct - Walworth
The sword he sports represents the one which removed Tyler's head, the origin...
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Councillor P. A. Hart
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
1 memorial
Miss M. M. Masson
Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1914-1939. Serving Sister in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Henry Shrubsole
Banker, draper and former mayor of Kingston upon Thames: 1877, 1878 and 1879. At an annual dinner given for the poor, he had just finished his speech and was in the act of presenting a small packet...
1 memorial
Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador
German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, 2002 - 2006.
1 memorial
Thomas F Gibson
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.
1 memorial
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John Christopher Moran
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Christopher John Moran was born on 25 May 1963 in Maidstone, Kent. He was the son of Michael J. Moran and ...
1 memorial
C. F. Garcia
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Reynolds - Harrow on the Hill
HA1, Grove Hill, Art School
We can find nothing to connect Reynolds with Harrow.
1 subject commemorated
1 memorial
James Knowles
Two architects, father (1806–1884) and son (1831-1908), with the same name, James Thomas Knowles, either could have been the architect for the Shakespeare plinth.
1 memorial
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