Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged from his hiding place at the Tower of London and beheaded on Tower Hill. After being taken down from its display stand at London (or Tower depending on source) Bridge his head has been kept at the church of St Gregory at Sudbury in Suffolk. In 2011 a CT scan of the mummified skull enabled a facial reconstruction - see picture.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
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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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Catherine Howard
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3 memorials
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...
1 memorial
Sir William Wallace
Scottish knight and national hero. Born Renfrewshire. Convicted of treason Wallace was executed at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered - a very gruesome death reserved for traitors. Mel ...
3 memorials
Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Â Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Â Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Had been one of the group who arranged for the execution of Simon Burley. Â King Richard never forgave that, and when Fitzalan joined Gloucester to oppose the King's peace with France the King took ...
1 memorial
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