This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
men & women of Uxbridge persecuted in their Christian faith
Commemorated ati
Lynch Green Martyrs
This stone was erected in 1955 in memory of Robert Smith, John Denley & P...
Other Subjects
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. Â In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged fro...
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
Stratford Martyrs
The church website has done a very thorough job on the history not just of the memorial but the church and the area so we quote them here on the background to the martyrs: "In 1553 Queen Mary Tudor...
Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick
His father, George Duke of Clarence, was executed for treason by being drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine, if we believe Shakespeare.  Edward was a potential claimant to the English throne and so imp...
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Born Chancery Lane.  An unpopular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Supported Charles I against Parliament and so the Long Parliament impeached him and he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
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