An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain. On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liking and during a Council meeting at the Tower of London, he accused Hastings and others of plotting against him. The others were imprisoned but Hastings was dragged outside and beheaded there and then, thus starting the charming tradition of beheadings on Tower Green.
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William, Lord Hastings
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Tower of London execution site
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushio...
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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
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lutheran pastor and theologian. 1933 - 35 he was a pastor at two German speaking London churches: German Evangelical Church - Sydenham and the German Reformed Church of St Paul's - Whitechapel. Bo...
4 memorials
Robert Salte
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Edmund Hurst
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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Christ Church, Lincoln Tower
SE1, Westminster Bridge Road, Lincoln Tower
From Pastscape: "... the octagonal spire ... is decorated by two groups of inwrought red sandstone bands interspersed with rows of stars....
1 subject commemorated
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