Thomas Flamank

male, deceased (1497)
Cornish nationalism, executed under the Tudors, executed for treason, English, execution, From Cornwall…Blackheath, London, Tyburn, Tyburn, London, tower of london
Thomas Flamank (executed June 24, 1497) was a lawyer from Cornwall who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish Rebellion against taxes in...
Michael An Gof

Michael An Gof

male, deceased (1497)
Cornish nationalism, executed under the Tudors, St. Keverne, Jack Cade, greenwich, london bridge…Blackheath, London, Tyburn, Tyburn, London, tower of london
Michael Joseph (better known as Michael An Gof, where "An Gof" is Cornish for "blacksmith"; died 24 June 1497) and Thomas Flamank (a Bodmin...
Oliver Plunkett

Oliver Plunkett

male, deceased (1681)
Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, English, executed for treason, Kangaroo court, Tyburn, Primate of All Ireland…Tyburn, London
St. Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1629 - 1 July 1681) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. He maintained his duties in Ireland in the...
Jack Sheppard

Jack Sheppard

male, deceased (1724)
executions by Great Britain, hanged, Ghostwritten, The Beggar's Opera, Tyburn, Tyburn, London…Crime in London
Jack Sheppard was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a...

John Southworth

male, deceased (1654)
Lancastrian, Saint John Southworth, executed under the Interregnum, From Lancashire, Hanging, drawing and quartering, English College…Tyburn, Tyburn, London
John Southworth (also called Saint John Southworth, 1592, Lancashire, England - June 28 1654, Tyburn, London) was an English Catholic martyr.
John Adams

John Adams

male, deceased (1586)
executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, Tudor clergy, Tyburn, London, Rye, East Sussex, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering…Tyburn
John Adams was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (c. 1543?) and became a Protestant...
Robert Southwell

Robert Southwell

male, deceased (1595)
executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy, Jesuit martyr, From Norfolk, Jesuit, martyr…Tyburn, Tyburn, London
Saint Robert Southwell (c. 1561 - 21 February 1595) was an English Jesuit priest and poet. He was hanged at Tyburn, and became a Catholic martyr....
Margaret Clap

Margaret Clap

female, deceased (1726)
British, holborn, criminal, sexually transmitted disease, Crime in London, brothel…Tyburn, Tyburn, London
Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the early part of the...
Margaret Ward

Margaret Ward

female, deceased (1588)
John Roche, Blessed John Roche, Women of the Tudor period, executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, From cheshire…Tyburn, Tyburn, London
Saint Margaret Ward (d. 30 August, 1588) was a Catholic English martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I for helping a priest to...

Robert Lawrence

male, deceased (1535)
Saint, tower of london, nottinghamshire, Forty Martyr of England and Wales, English, Carthusian Martyr…Tyburn, Tyburn, London
St. Robert Lawrence, (died 4 May 1535) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After joining the Carthusians, he served as prior of the...