Person    | Male  Born 7/10/1573  Died 10/1/1645

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

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.

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Old church - Stanmore

MyLondon informs: "{The old church} gained Grade II listed status in 1951. In...

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Tower Hill Martyrs - list

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Tyburn tree

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Elizabeth Pepper

Elizabeth Pepper

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1 memorial
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Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Scotland

1 memorial
John Warne

John Warne

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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
Henry B. Baxter
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Father Basil Jellicoe - St Nicholas Flats

Father Basil Jellicoe - St Nicholas Flats

NW1, Werrington Street, St Nicholas Flats

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1 subject commemorated
Firemen Randolph & Skinner

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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
William Harris, butcher

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