Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Warne
Commemorated ati
Stratford Martyrs
The event on 27 June 1556 was a big draw: "These 11 men and 2 women were brou...
Other Subjects
Lady Jane Grey
Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary...
John Rochester
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
Unusually well-educated. Titles: Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable, Deputy Governor of Ireland.... and Butcher of England - for his relish in executing many Lancastrians. Thus when the Lan...
Corporal Samuel MacPhearson
See Farquar Shaw for the story of the Black Watch mutiny.
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.
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