1556

Elizabeth Pepper

Categories: Execution, Religion

Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs.

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Elizabeth Pepper

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Stratford Martyrs

The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...

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Warne, Jnr.

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Violette Szabo, GC, CdeG

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Tyburn tree

The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....

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