Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Executed at Tyburn.
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William Horne
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Carthusian martyrs
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Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Grandson of King Edward IV. 1st Marquess of Exeter. Accused of Catholic loyalties when this was not in favour. Executed by decapitation with a sword on Tower Hill. We have taken his dates from t...
Richard Beere
Monk at London Charterhouse. Nephew of the Richard Beere who was Abbot of Glastonbury. Became a Carthusian in February 1523. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though ther...
Colonel Algernon Sidney
Opponent of King Charles II. Born Baynard's Castle. Exiled in Rome. Returned in 1677 and was implicated in the Rye House Plot. Beheaded on Tower Hill.
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John Rogers
Protestant martyr burned at Smithfield. The first of the 'Marian Martyrs'.
Lady Jane Grey
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
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Henry Fawcett
Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a shooting accident as a young man. The first blind MP. As Postmaster General (1880-4) he developed the parcel post and in...
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
Architect. Born at 16 Onslow Square. Specialised in English country houses. Chosen as the consulting architect for Hampstead Garden Suburb and designed two churches there. One of the four principal...
Georges Levillain
In 1961 Mayor of Clichy, France, and Vice-President of the General Council of the Seine.
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse
Also known as the Beresford Gate (after William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich), and was formerly the main entrance to the Royal Ar...
W. H. Beacham
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
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