Monk at London Charterhouse. Nephew of the Richard Beere who was Abbot of Glastonbury. Became a Carthusian in February 1523. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though there may have been a change of plan which meant he was fed for a while.
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Richard Beere
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Duke of Monmouth
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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
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Lord William Russell
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Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
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William, Lord Hastings
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