Born Herefordshire. Related via the Boleyn family to Queen Elizabeth I. Married a daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Became a favourite of the Queen. However he performed badly as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and on his return he was tried and lost his place at court and his income. Desperate, he fortified his town mansion, Essex House and in February 1661 he led a mini rebellion. This failed and Essex was beheaded on Tower Green. His was the last head to roll at that venue. Father of the 3rd Earl.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
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Tower of London execution site
Catling wrote the poem as well as creating the sculpture. Doesn't that cushio...
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John Denley
Protestant martyr. He was believed to have been a Baptist, which was rather dangerous in the reign of Mary I. Whilst returning from a visit to Maidstone, he was stopped by Edmund Tyrell, a justice ...
1 memorial
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....
5 memorials
William Hallywel
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Thomas Johnson
Monk at London Charterhouse. 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.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Bridge of Aspiration
WC2, Floral Street
The main plaque is being viewed by the couple to the left of the doorway to the Royal Ballet School. The two small black plaques undernea...
3 subjects commemorated,
18 creators
Mayoralty of the City of London - 800 years
EC4, Salisbury Court
The plaque to the Mayoralty is attached low down on the base of the obelisk.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - plaque
E3, Bow Road
This plaque is a rarity: a memorial to a memorial! The site of the fountain was actually a little way to the west, opposite Bow Church s...
2 subjects commemorated
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
SE19, Belvedere Road, 22, Fossil Villa
Hawkins lived here with his family 1856 - 1872.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Aske's Hospital
About the building, from Shoreditch College: "The first building on {this site} was Aske's Hospital or the Haberdashers' Alms Houses, erected 1690-93 to designs of Robert Hooke ... for the Worshipf...
2 memorials