Born Kent. Lord/Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of England. As Lord High Treasurer he was responsible for collecting the poll tax. Bad timing for him since the Peasants Revolted, stormed the Tower of London where Hales, Sudbury and others were hiding, and beheaded them on Tower Hill. In the 'Look and Learn' picture it's not really clear who's who but it's the only picture of Hales we could find.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Robert Hales
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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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Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt
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War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Colonel Algernon Sidney
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Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Politics & Administration, Italy
1 memorial
William, Lord Hastings
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2 memorials
Patrick Packingham
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2 memorials
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
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