Person    | Male  Born 1207  Died 16/11/1272

King Henry III

Categories: Royalty

Ascended throne in 1216, aged 9. Son of King John. Resurrected the Magna Carta.  Married Eleanor of Provence who became consort queen. Began the building of the current Westminster Abbey in 1245 and is buried there.

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King Henry III

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Henry III granting charter to Westminster Abbey

This section is to the left of the entrance arch.  The description of "Henry ...

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Maughan - Henry III

The building Henry clutches represents the House of the Converts which he bui...

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Sanctuary - king on right - Henry III

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Savoy - crown

SH Within these precincts stood the Palace of Savoy, the erection of which w...

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Westminster Hall - Simon de Montfort

Queen Elizabeth II here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parl...

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Catherine Howard

Catherine Howard

As lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves Catherine attracted Henry's ever-roving eye.  Anne was dumped (via the annulment method) and the obese, 49-year old Henry married the 20-year old Catherine.  Sh...

Person, Execution, Royalty, Seriously Famous

3 memorials
King Henry I

King Henry I

King of England 1100 - 1135.  Fourth son of William the Conqueror, possibly born in Yorkshire.  Father to Empress Matilda / Empress Maud. Died in Normandy which he had conquered in 1106.

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2 memorials
King Ethelred II, the Unready

King Ethelred II, the Unready

Also 'Aethelred'.  King of England 978–1013 and 1014–16.  Father of Edward the Confessor and Countess Goda. Died London.

Person, Royalty

1 memorial
King George V

King George V

Reigned: 1910 - 1936.  Born third in line to the throne, after his father (who became King Edward VII) and his elder brother Prince Albert Victor, who died early.  Crowned on 22 June 1911. Married ...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

50 memorials
Whitehall Palace

Whitehall Palace

The palace covered the area approximately bounded by (clockwise) Northumberland Avenue, Victoria Embankment, Derby Gate, Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, The Mall.  The area was already a centre ...

Building, Property, Royalty

1 memorial

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C. W. F. Smith

C. W. F. Smith

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
M. R. Forward

M. R. Forward

Penge resident, member of the armed services, killed in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Cliveden Conservation Workshop Ltd

Cliveden Conservation Workshop Ltd

Specialists in conserving, protecting and reinstating stone, plaster etc. Originally founded for the preservation of the National Trust buildings.

Group, Architecture, Craft / Design

1 memorial
William Caxton

William Caxton

Probably born Tenterden, Kent. Printer, in 1474, producing the first book printed in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye". Died Westminster.

Person, Craft / Design, Journalism / Publishing

3 memorials
F. T. Farrell
War dead, WW1
1 memorial