Person    | Male  Died 19/6/1535

Sebastian Newdigate

Categories: Execution, Religion

Sebastian Newdigate

Monk at London Charterhouse. Newdigate was a personal friend of Henry VIII. The king visited him twice in prison but Newdigate refused to change his views. Executed at Tyburn.

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Sebastian Newdigate

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Carthusian martyrs

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Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

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Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, Religion

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Patrick Packingham

Patrick Packingham

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John Warne

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