Born Reading. 1628 became Bishop of London. 1633 became Archbishop of Canterbury. Supported Charles I, opposed many of the church practices that had come in during Queen Elizabeth's reign and persecuted Puritans. Impeached for treason by the Long Parliament. Charles gave him a royal pardon but to no avail; he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
Commemorated ati
Old church - Stanmore
MyLondon informs: "{The old church} gained Grade II listed status in 1951. In...
Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Other Subjects
Sir William Stanley
Soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses. Born Lancashire. Originally a Yorkist, he switched sides and in 1485 fought at Bosworth Field for Tudor Henry VII, for which he was appointed Lord Cha...
1 memorial
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
5 memorials
Elizabeth Pepper
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
John Warne
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
1 memorial
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Rossetti, Morris and Burne-Jones
WC1, Red Lion Square, 17
What a delight - a quality plaque that isn't round and blue.
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Father Basil Jellicoe - St Nicholas Flats
NW1, Werrington Street, St Nicholas Flats
This plaque is identical to the one at the Community Hall.
1 subject commemorated
Firemen Randolph & Skinner
WC1, Tavistock Square, Woburn House
This plaque was rededicated to the memory of the two firemen in a ceremony on 16 April 2011.
Civilian war dead | WW2
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
4 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
William Harris, butcher
EC1, St John Street
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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