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 the ; Wikipedia differs slightly.
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Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon
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Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
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John Rochester
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
1 memorial
John Warne
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
1 memorial
Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Â Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Â Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Born near Maidstone, son of the poet of the same name. Â Opposed the marriage of Queen Mary to Phillip of Spain, he marched on London in 1554 with 4,000 men of Kent but, failing, on 6 February, to g...
1 memorial
Laurence Parnam
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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