Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5.
Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed his name to Cromwell.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Cromwell
Commemorated ati
Drapers' Hall
Drapers' Hall On this site, once part of the Augustine Priory, Thomas Cromwel...
Imperial Hotel - statue 01 - Cromwell
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
Imperial Hotel - statue 12 - Cromwell
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
Thomas Cromwell - SW15
The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot. Cromwell's fa...
Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Other Subjects
John Denley
Protestant martyr. He was believed to have been a Baptist, which was rather dangerous in the reign of Mary I. Whilst returning from a visit to Maidstone, he was stopped by Edmund Tyrell, a justice ...
1 memorial
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged fro...
1 memorial
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
William Hallywel
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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Turret from St Olave Church
SE1, Tanner Street Park, Tanner Street
We do find ourselves taking photos of the most unlikely subjects. Our close-up photo would win a "dull picture" prize. It would have be...
1 subject commemorated
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