Person    | Male  Died 20/9/1537

Thomas Johnson

Categories: Execution, Religion

Thomas Johnson

Monk at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though there may have been a change of plan which meant he was fed for a while.

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Thomas Johnson

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