Person    | Male  Born 1486  Died 4/5/1535

Saint John Houghton

Categories: Religion, Tragedy

One of the 18 Carthusian Martyrs. Prior of The London Charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery. Refused to accept Henry VIII as the head of the church of England. Martyred at Tyburn.

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Saint John Houghton

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Carthusian martyrs

The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...

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Charterhouse

The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...

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Friends of Tyburn

Friends of Tyburn

Catholic group who funded the Tyburn shrine.

Group, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

Chancellor, Archbishop and Martyr. Born Cheapside of French parents. son of Gilbert Becket, mercer. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162 to his death. Assassinated after his erstwhile friend, Henry II, d...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Tragedy

2 memorials
Eudo

Eudo

Dapifer (steward or cupbearer) to Henry I. Patron in 1096 of the Saxon St Stephen Walbrook.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Gregory Gunne

Gregory Gunne

From Catholic Herald:The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Ca...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Canon Charles Bernard Mortlock, M.A.

Canon Charles Bernard Mortlock, M.A.

Charles Bernard Mortlock was a rector, a canon, a connoisseur of art, architecture and antiques, and a journalist in archaeology. 1929 appointed Archaeological Correspondent for the Daily Telegrap...

Person, History, Religion, Egypt, Iraq, Israel/Palestine

2 memorials

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Francis Sitwell

Francis Sitwell

Publicist and businessman. Born and died London. Nephew to Sir Osbert and Dame Edith. At one time was chairman of the Park Lane Group. Literary executor to Dame Edith. From his Independent obit. he...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Pam and Arthur Hudson

Pam and Arthur Hudson

WC1, Brunswick Square

Brian's tree is to the right; Pam and Arthur's to the left.

1 subject commemorated
C. B. Ayling

C. B. Ayling

Man of East or West Molesey who died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
King Henry III

King Henry III

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 ...

Person, Royalty

6 memorials
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