Find A Grave - Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London

Arundell, Sir Thomas b. 1515 d. February 26, 1552
English aristocracy. Born the second son of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne and Lady Elizabeth Grey. He served as Sheriff of Dorsetshire from 1531 to 1532, and served Cardinal Wolsey as a gentleman of the Privy Chamber. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor on June 1, 1533 at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. Two years later, he made his fortune when he was appointed to the commission for the suppression of the monasteries. Sir Thomas was then appointed receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Boleyn, Anne b. 1504 d. May 19, 1536
Queen Consort. She was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England. When the Vatican refused to nullify his first marriage to Catharine of Aragon , Henry changed Christianity forever by denouncing the Vatican and creating the National Church in England with him the supreme leader. Annie Boleyn became his wife, but soon became disillusioned with her for failing to produce a male heir to the throne of England. She had a baby who was named Elizabeth, after which her doctors told her she wasn'...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Beheaded
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Chapel Royal
Capel, Arthur b. 1631 d. July 13, 1683
Earl of Essex. English Statesman. Born son of Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel, and Elizabeth Morrison. His early education was curtailed by the English Civil War but he apparently taught himself Latin and mathematics and was considered quite accomplished. In the course the Civil War, Baron Capel was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1649 and Arthur succeeded to his titles. After the restoration of Charles II, Capel was created Viscount Malden and Earl of Essex, the previous line earls having...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Countess of Salisbury (Plantagenet Pole) (Margaret) b. August 14, 1473 d. May 27, 1541
English aristocracy. Born at Farleigh Castle, Bath, Wiltshire, England, the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. She was niece to both Edward IV and Richard III. Orphaned by the age of six, she and her brother were brought up with Edward IV's children. Under Richard III, her brother, Edward, became heir presumptive and she, the Princess Royal. After the Tudor usurpation of the throne in 1485, however, Edward was imprisoned and like most Plantagenets under the new regime...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Executed
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Cromwell, Thomas b. 1485 d. July 28, 1540
British Statesman. First Earl of Essex, and Chief Minister to Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540. Cromwell was one of the instigators of the English Reformation which separated the English church from the papacy in Rome. He also was one of those who persuaded the king to make himself head of the English church. In his role of Viceregent in Spirituals he presided over the dissolution of the monasteries and the redistribution of their wealth. He was also the architect of the official union...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor)
Cause of death: Beheaded
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Devereux, Robert b. November 19, 1566 d. February 25, 1601
Earl of Essex. Royal Favorite. Born the son of Walter Devereux, first Earl of Essex, and his wife, Lettice Knollys, at Netherwood, Herefordshire, England. He was nine when he inherited the earldom on his father's death. At twelve he attended Trinity College, Cambridge. His mother's second husband was the Earl of Leicester who was a favorite of Queen which placed young Essex in good position for a career at court. Essex was presented at court in 1584, and within three years became himself a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Dudley, Guildford b. 1536 d. February 12, 1554
English Nobility. The Duke of Clarence, he was the son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and Jane Guildford. As a pawn in his father's schemes, he was wed to Lady Jane Grey on May 25, 1553. At the death of Edward VI, Jane was named Queen. She created Guildford as Duke of Clarence, believing he had no right to the title of King. They reigned for nine days. Guildford Dudley and Jane were taken into custody by Princess Mary's forces in 1553, and imprisoned in the Tower of London. They were...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Dudley, John b. 1502 d. August 23, 1553
English nobility. Duke of Northumberland. Son of Edmund Dudley, who was executed by Henry VIII. Distinguished in battle, Dudley became a shrewd and calculating politician. In a time of great religious division, he played on both Catholic and Protestant sympathies in order to advance his own political agenda and eliminate adversaries. Named himself Duke of Northumberland in 1551. He became very powerful over the ailing Edward VI, and schemed to prevent the Catholic Princess Mary from inheriting...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Eliot, Sir John b. April 11, 1592 d. November 28, 1632
English Parliamentarian. Born the son of Richard Eliot and Bridget Carswell at Cuddenbeak, St Germans, Cornwall. He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, at Exeter College, Oxford, and studied law in London. He began his parliamentary career for St Germans in 1614. By May 1618 he was knighted, and in 1619 he won the appointment of Vice-Admiral of Devon. He was elected Member of Parliament for Newport in February 1624 and delivered his first speech, winning accolades as an orator and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Fisher, Saint John b. 1469 d. June 22, 1535
Bishop of Rochester. Born at Beverley, Yorkshire, England, the eldest son of Robert and Agnes Fisher. In 1484 he moved to Michaelhouse, Cambridge and took a theology degree in 1487 and another in 1491; after which he served as parish preist in Northallerton, Yorkshire for four years. In 1497, he left Yorkshire for a position as Master of Michaelhouse, and at about the same time became chaplain to Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. In he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Executed
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Exact location unknown
Fitzgerald, Gerald b. 1487 d. 1534
Earl of Kildare. The son of Gerald Garret Mor Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and Alison FitzEustace. He was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Ireland in 1504 and served three terms as Lord Deputy. Suspected of disloyalty and corruption, he was made a prisoner in the Tower of London. Rumors of his execution led his son 'Silken Thomas' Fitzgerald to initiate the Kildare Uprising. Although the rumors of execution were unfounded, the 9th Earl died while still a prisoner in the Tower. (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Grey, Henry b. January 17, 1517 d. February 23, 1554
English nobility. Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk. Son of Thomas Grey, husband of Frances Brandon, a neice of Henry VIII. Grey was a powerful political ally to John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He openly opposed Princess Mary, and helped Dudley install his daughter, Lady Jane Grey on the throne upon the death of Edward VI. After Jane's nine-day reign ended and Mary took the throne, Grey helped lead a revolt against Mary's forces. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed for...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Grey, Lady. Jane b. 1537 d. February 12, 1554
British Royalty. Queen of England. Jane was the daughter of Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset (later Duke of Suffolk) and Frances Brandon, a neice of Henry VIII. Jane married Guildford Dudley in May of 1553. She then became the unwitting pawn in the schemes of the Duke of Northumberland, her father-in-law, to prevent the catholic Princess Mary from gaining the throne and to see his own son as King. The Duke was able to convince the seriously ill Edward VI to name Jane as his successor. She reigned...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Cause of death: Executed for treason
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Holland, John b. March 29, 1395 d. August 5, 1447
Duke of Exeter. Born the second son of John de Holand, Duke of Exeter and Elizabeth Plantagenet; he was also nephew to Henry IV, and a cousin of Henry V, and Richard II. In 1400 his father was arrested and beheaded on a charge of treason against his brother-in-law, Henry IV. given a chance to serve Henry V in the 1415 campaign in France, Holland distinguished himself at Agincourt and was created a Knight of the Garter. In 1416 his father's Earldom of Huntingdon was restored to him. In 1421 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Howard, Katherine b. 1520 d. February 13, 1542
Queen of England, fifth wife of Henry VIII. The daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and Joyce Culpeper. Her mother died when she was very young, and she was raised by her grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, at whose household she was poorly looked after and allowed to run wild. She was brought to court in 1540, perhaps with the express intention of captivating Henry, which she did. She served as a lady in waiting to Anne of Cleves, and when that marriage was annulled, was married to Henry...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Chapel Royal
Howard, Philip [original burial site] b. June 28, 1557 d. October 19, 1595
Earl of Arundel. Born the eldest son of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk and Lady Mary FitzAlan, daughter of Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, at Arundel House, The Strand, London. He atteded Cambridge until November 1576. He was styled as Earl of Surrey before 1580 when he succeeded to the Earldom of Arundel at the death of his grandfather. In 1581 he was present at the disputations of Edmund Campion in the Tower which apparently led to a change of religious thought. The earl found himself...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
James of Monmouth b. April 9, 1649 d. July 15, 1685
British Nobility. Born to the then exiled Charles II and his mistress Lucy Walter in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 1649. After his mother's death, he was taken in by Lord Crofts, whose surname he adopted. After the restoration of the monarchy, James was moved to court in 1662. King Charles acknowledged him as his son and created him Duke of Monmouth in 1663. Charles arranged a marriage for his son to Anne Scott, countess of Buccleuch and James legally changed his name to James Scott. For a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Executed
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Jeffries, George b. May 15, 1648 d. April 18, 1689
Notorious English Judge. Born at Acton Park, Wrexham, Wales, the son of John Jeffreys and Margaret Ireland. He was educated at Shrewsbury, St Paul's, Westminster, and Cambridge before studying for the bar in 1663. He was appointed Solicitor General to James, Duke of York, before being knighted in 1677. By 1681 he became Chief Justice of the King's Bench and a member of the Privy Council. In 1683, James II named him Baron Jeffreys of Wem; he presided over many of the trials connected with...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Original burial site
Lovat (Fraser), Lord (Simon) b. 1667 d. April 9, 1747
Scottish Aristocracy. Born the second son of Thomas Fraser, he was raised at the family seat of Castle Downie and educated at Kings College, Aberdeen. In 1697, after the death of his brother, the 9th Lord Lovat, Simon Fraser kidnapped and forced a wedding on the late Lord's widow. Lady Lovat's powerful family were infuriated and their pursuit forced him to flee the country. He spent six years on the Continent, traveling and paying frequent visits to the Jacobite court in exile, even going so...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Executed by ax
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
More, Sir. Thomas b. February 7, 1478 d. July 6, 1535
Statesman, Lawyer, Author, Roman Catholic Saint. One of the key figures of the English Renaissance. His humanist political fantasy "Utopia" (1516) has had an enduring impact on world literature and social theory. A loyal Catholic, More served as Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VIII (1529 to 1532), but resigned because he opposed the king's religious policies. This stance cost him his life. He is admired for his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Executed
Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London, London, Greater London, England
Plot: Exact location unknown

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