Nonconformist minister. Born Suffolk. His mother was great-granddaughter of John Rogers. A pro-royalist, he was held in the Tower in 1651 but escaped execution. In 1684 he was again arrested for refusing to stop trying to change things and held in Newgate Prison, where he died. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
His son, also William, was executed for his part in the Monmouth rebellion. Great family tradition of fatal rebellion stretching over 5 generations.
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William Jenkyn, MA
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Priest. Born Hackney, the eldest son of Frederick Richards and grandson of Anne Richards. Arrived in Newlyn in 1869 as a lay helper. Through his efforts the bridge and east window to St Peter's Ch...
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Franciscan killed by the Nazis in 1941.
Vicar of St Mary of Eton, the Eton Mission, appointed in 1889 and, finding that boys playing football in Victoria Park was problematic, he set in motion the acquisition of 337 acres of Hackney Mars...
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