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 Tower Hill Scaffold Site - Tower Hill (London)
N 51° 30.581 W 000° 04.675
30U E 702766 N 5710554
Depicted small memorial, located in a small park in London's Trinity Square, marks one of the most tragic sites of British history - the historic location of Tower Hill Scaffold...
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/06/2014
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Depicted small memorial, located in a small park in London's Trinity Square, marks one of the most tragic sites of British history - the historic location of Tower Hill Scaffold.
This small brick-paved monument with several bronze tablets marks the site of the infamous scaffold at Tower Hill. The first permanent scaffold was set up in 1465 during the reign of King Edward IV, but the first recorded execution was that of Simon Sudbury in 1381. It was on Tower Hill that most of the prisoners held in the Tower of London and condemned to die would meet their ends. Executions within the Tower were reserved for royalty and not in view of the public. Executions on Tower Hill were for the nobility and the public did attend. The Tower of London was used to imprison only the aristocracy...
You can find here six tablets, one with overal site introduction and five listing some of the most known people who died on that spot. Here are texts on all of these tablets:
Tablet with overal site introduction:
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"To commemorate the tragic history and in many cases the martyrdom of those who for the sake of their faith, country or ideals staked their lives and lost. On this site more than 125 were put to death, the names of some of whom are recorded here."
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Four tablets with names of executed people (from left to right):
1381 Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
1381 Sir Robert Hales
1388 Sir Simon de Burley, K.G.
1397 Richard Fitzalan, 3th Earl of Arundel
1440 Rev. Richard Wyche, Vicar of Deptford
1462 John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
1470 John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
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1495 Sir William Stanley, K.G.
1497 James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
1499 Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick
1521 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
1535 John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
1535 Sir Thomas More
1537 Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcy of Templehurst, K.G.
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1538 Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon
1540 Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt
1572 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
1641 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
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1645 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
1662 Sir Henry Vane
1683 Colonel Algernon Sidney
1685 James, Duke of Monmouth
1716 James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater
1747 Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
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Tablet at the centre of the memorial:
Site of ancient scaffold
here the
Earl of Kilmarnock
and
Lord Balmerino
suffered
18th August 1746
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Type of Historic Marker: paved memorial tablets
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Greater London Council
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Age/Event Date: Not listed
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