Protestant martyr burned at Smithfield.
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John Bradford
Commemorated ati
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs
Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for exe...
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Thomas Reeding
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
Henry Adlington
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
William, Lord Hastings
An important man in the court of Edward IV, rising to the position of Lord Chamberlain. On the king’s death he supported his brother, the later Richard III, but something was not to Richard’s liki...
Thomas Cromwell
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...
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