Married Humphrey, uncle to the child King Henry VI. Eleanor was implicated in a plot of treasonable necromancy against the king. Her supposed co-conspirators were executed and she was sentenced to three days' public penance walking barefoot through the streets of London, followed by enforced divorce and life imprisonment. Her penance is enacted in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2. The ODNB says the penance was "to walk barefoot to three London churches on successive market days in November" - not quite what the CI doors says. And on the doors it seems to be her back giving her gyp, not her feet.
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Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
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Queen Victoria's first visit to the City of London (as queen)
In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can presents the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued ...
1 memorial
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Queen Mary (consort)
Wife of George V, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Born Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck at Kensington Palace. Nicknamed May, the month of her birth. Her...
18 memorials
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
The Young Pretender. Bonnie Prince Charlie. Born Rome of a rich Polish mother. Grandson of King James II who, being Catholic, was driven out of Britain, thus setting the scene for the Jacobite upr...
2 memorials
William, Prince of Wales
Royal prince. Born St Mary's Hospital Paddington, first son (the heir) of Prince Charles and his first wife, Princess Diana. Married Catherine Middleton in 2011. Known as the Duke of Cambridge un...
5 memorials
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Samuel Whitbread - royal visit
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Their majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte were received in this brewery by Samuel Whitbread, 24th May 1787.
3 subjects commemorated
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
376 memorials
Mary Lowndes
Artist, suffragette and founder of Artist Suffrage League in 1909. Born Dorset. Trained in stained-glass work. Lived and worked in Chelsea. The photo shows Lowndes in 1890.
1 memorial
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