Warden, presumably of a church.
Other Subjects
Richard de Montfichet
Birth date approximate. Essex landowner. One of the twenty-five barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charta.
Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Born Chiswick. One of the Immortal Seven (see William III). Died at the house with the plaque.
Alderman Bishop
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905.
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