Burnt at the stake in Stratford for his Protestant beliefs. A brewer, associated with Fust. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
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Stephen Harwood
Commemorated ati
Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
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Hugh Laverock
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs. Lame. When in the flames he said to Apprice who was sharing the stake: "Hold on, John, it won't be for long: remember t...
1 memorial
Walter Peerson
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt
Master mariner. Born Southampton. From Hellfire Corner : Captain of the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Brussels, he in utter defiance of the Germans continued to work the Rotterdam-Briti...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
James Walworth
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
1 memorial
Violette Szabo, GC, CdeG
British secret agent in WW2. Born in Paris as Violette Bushell of a French mother and English father who met in WW1. With 4 brothers she was a bit of a tomboy. From Violette Szabo Museum "The Bushe...
War dead, WW2
6 memorials