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Marian Martyrs executed at Smithfield

Categories: Execution, Religion

Queen Mary I (reigned 1553-8) earned the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for the persecution and execution of Protestants and other non-Catholics during her reign. Wikipedia lists abut 40 in an 'incomplete' list.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Marian Martyrs executed at Smithfield

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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Marian Martyrs

Being just outside the city walls this was considered a suitable spot for exe...

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Stratford Martyrs

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The church website has done a very thorough job on the history not just of the memorial but the church and the area so we quote them here on the background to the martyrs: "In 1553 Queen Mary Tudor...

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1 memorial