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Plaque

Westminster Hall - More

Inscription

In this Hall Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, Speaker of the House of Commons, author of Utopia, was condemned to death, 1 July 1535.

Site: Westminster Hall floor plaques - main floor (10 memorials)

SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall

These 11 plaques are laid into the floor of the hall, in a line down the middle, in this sequence, starting at the entrance end: R101; Hastings; Wentworth; More; Churchill; King Edward VII; Gladstone; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; and King George V and Queen Mary.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - More

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Sir Thomas More

Born Milk Street. In conflict with Henry VIII over religion he was imprisoned...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Westminster Hall - More

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Westminster Hall - Churchill

Westminster Hall - Churchill

Winston Churchill lay in state here from the twenty seventh of January until ...

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Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Westminster Hall - Edward VII

Here rested, from May 17 until interment at Windsor May 20 1910, Edward VII, ...

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Westminster Hall - Gladstone

Westminster Hall - Gladstone

We were unfamiliar with the word 'sepulture'. In this context it means the ri...

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Westminster Hall - Hastings

Westminster Hall - Hastings

On this spot Warren Hastings stood his trial 1788 - 1795. He was acquitted o...

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Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Westminster Hall - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

His Majesty King George the Sixth lay in state here from the eleventh of Febr...

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