Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
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Thomas Bowyer
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Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
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Walter Peerson
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Dr Jose Rizal
Writer and national hero of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial times. Born Laguna. Executed by firing squad in Manila. He was in London, working at the British Library, May 1888 to January...
Person, Execution, Jack the Ripper suspects, Literature, Nationalism, Philippines
1 memorial
Robert Salte
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
E. Gordon Brettell
Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon Brettell DFC was born on 19 March 1915, the eldest of the three children of Vivian Brettell (1882-1949) and Eileen Isabella Brettell née Carroll (1887-1979). His bir...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins was a writer of thriller novels such as The Woman in White, The Moonstone. Born 11 New Cavendish Street. A great friend of Charles Dickens, to the extent that they grew beard...
3 memorials
The Mousetrap
WC2, West Street, St Martins Theatre
The Mousetrap The world's longest running play had its 50th anniversary performance at this Theatre on November 25 2002. By Agatha Chri...
3 subjects commemorated
John James Baddeley
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. The photo shows him as Mayor of London, 1921. 2022: Spitalfields Life has splendid post all about Baddeley and his work. Aged 14 he was appre...
1 memorial
J. Duff-Brown
Islington Librarian in 1906. We believe he also published books on librarianship.
1 memorial
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