Queen Mary I (reigned 1553-8) earned the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for the persecution and execution of Protestants and other non-Catholics during her reign. lists abut 40 in an 'incomplete' list.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Marian Martyrs executed at Smithfield
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs
Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for exe...
Other Subjects
Thomas Reeding
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater
Jacobite. Â Either 'Radcliffe' or 'Radclyffe'. Illegitimate grandson of Charles II on his mother's side. A very wealthy Northumbrian nobleman, brought up in France. 1712 married Anna Webb. Captured ...
Sebastian Newdigate
Monk at London Charterhouse. Â Newdigate was a personal friend of Henry VIII. The king visited him twice in prison but Newdigate refused to change his views. Executed at Tyburn.
Lord Balmerino
Jacobite. Â Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Â Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
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