Protestant martyr burned at Smithfield.
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John Bradford
Commemorated ati
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs
Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for exe...
Other Subjects
Thomas Bowyer
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Closely related to the royal family but Henry VIII took against Henry and his father, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Â They were imprisoned and Henry was beheaded at Tower Hill. Â His father sur...
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
Unusually well-educated. Â Titles:Â Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable, Deputy Governor of Ireland.... and Butcher of England - for his relish in executing many Lancastrians. Â Thus when the Lan...
Lord William Russell
Son of the 5th Earl Bedford. MP for Tavistock. Â Convicted of being part of the Rye House Plot to assassinate the Catholic King Charles II and beheaded, eventually, in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Â When th...
Lady Jane Grey
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
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