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 and her supporters were having none of this and within days Mary was proclaimed queen. Dudley was beheaded at Tower Hill shortly followed by Jane on Tower Green.
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Lady Jane Grey
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Tower of London execution site
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Tower of London execution site - c.1910
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Stephen Harwood
Burnt at the stake in Stratford for his Protestant beliefs. A brewer, associated with Fust. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.
1 memorial
Edmund Hurst
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
John Warne
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
1 memorial
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....
5 memorials
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
Born in Essex. Caught supporting the wrong side when Edward IV assumed the throne, he was arrested and convicted of high treason which led to the loss of his head at Tower Hill.
1 memorial
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David Gammans
Politician. Born Leonard David Gammans. He entered parliament and served as Assistant Postmaster-General in the 1951 - 55 government. In 1952 there was 'public outrage' that the Post Office cats ha...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Queen Victoria
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Niece of her predecessor, King William IV. Her first name was Alexandrin...
72 memorials
Hattie Jacques
Actrees, born Josephine Edwina Jacques at 125 High Street, Sandgate, Kent. She featured in some of the most successful British radio and television programmes and films. On radio she was in ITMA, E...
1 memorial
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
29 memorials
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