Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged from his hiding place at the Tower of London and beheaded on Tower Hill. After being taken down from its display stand at London (or Tower depending on source) Bridge his head has been kept at the church of St Gregory at Sudbury in Suffolk. In 2011 a CT scan of the mummified skull enabled a facial reconstruction - see picture.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
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John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
2 memorials
Thomas Green
Monk at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Major-General Thomas Harrison
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
1 memorial
Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Grandson of King Edward IV. 1st Marquess of Exeter. Accused of Catholic loyalties when this was not in favour. Executed by decapitation with a sword on Tower Hill. We have taken his dates from t...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1996. He was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 14 November 1922 and his Wikipedia page confirms that he died, aged 93 year...
1 memorial
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