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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William Hallywel
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
John Routh
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
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 ...
2 memorials
John Rochester
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
1 memorial
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Born Chancery Lane. An unpopular Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Supported Charles I against Parliament and so the Long Parliament impeached him and he was beheaded on Tower Hill.
2 memorials
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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