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Charterhouse founded by Walter de Manny in the 14th he was a escort to who ?

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Phillipa of Hainault

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The peasants revolts is brought to an end in Smithfield when revolutionary’s leader “Watt Tyler is murdered in the 14th century year 15 June 1381 who ?

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Lord mayor William Walworth

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The disbanding of the Knights Templars sees there lands such as inner and middle temple,handed over to who in the 14th century.?

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The Knights hospitallers

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St Bartholomew is permitted to remain but what church must reduce in size in the 16th century.

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It’s Great tower

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The st James church we see today dates back to what century?

And the spire was modelled on which church?

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18thcentury

St Martins-in-the -fields ( Trafalgar Square)

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Notable residents of clerkenwell?

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William Cavendish ( 1st Duke of Newcastle)

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During the reign of James 1st what century was the new river built to supply the city of London with much needed water ?

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17th century

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In 1613 the new river takes its water from where ?

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Herefordshire springs in Chadwell and Amwell.

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Charterhouse was endowed as a school for the poor with almshouses for poor gentleman in which year?

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1611

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Where did the old Middlesex sessions house finally move to in 1612.

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Newington causeway se1

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Who donated Money for the foundation of another school and almshouses on st John’s st

Alice?

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Dame Alice Owen 1613

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The River Fleet was locally known as the ‘River of Wells’, or ‘Turnmill Brook’. Considered as one of London’s ‘Lost Rivers’, along with the ?

T
Eff
Neck
Wal
Wes

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the Tyburn, Walbrook, Westbourne, Effra, Neckinger, etc.

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Today St Johns school is administered by the Brewers Company.where did The school move to in the 1970s ?

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The school moved to Potters Bar in the 1970’s

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.in the 17th century Actor Edward Alleyne opens

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The Fortune Theatre in St Lukes.
It’s success allows him to buy The Manor of Dulwich, opening the college we know today as Dulwich College

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The rediscovery of medieval Springs, with their supposed medicinal qualities,what did it bring.

17th

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Brought Fame & Fashion to Clerkenwell’s airy hillside in the 17th century.

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What was Thomas Britton (Charcoal Merchant also known for ?

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Concert promoter in the 18th century

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Victorian London isn’t just sweeping away people. Smithfield Cattle Market is closed and moved to in the 18thcentury ?

Sir Horace

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Islington. The Meat Market remains in Clerkenwell, being redesigned by The City’s Chief Surveyor, Sir Horace Jones

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(1877) St John’s Ambulance founded by The Most Venerable Order of The who ?.

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Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Headquarters St John’s Gate.

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1st century Romans invade Britain in ?

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43 AD, and founded Londinium around 50 AD.

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Around 50 AD, what bridge is the 1st to be built .
who attacks londinium ?.what year

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1st London Bridge built (Wooden)

Boudicca attacks & burns Londinium 61AD

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5th century In what year did the Romans leave Britain in

10

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in 410 AD

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How long was the City abandoned for .

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nearly 200 years, as citizens reverted to farming

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7th C:

Christianity (Roman Catholicism) arrives with missionaries from Rome.

1st St Paul’s built in what year

1st St Paul’s built by who

Bishop?

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604 AD

Bishop Mellitus.

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The first public executions took place at Tyburn when ?

Space ?
William

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12th century
1196. William Fitz Osbert

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What century and year was the pair of gallows erected?
13th century 1220
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What year was the triple tree erected ( Name given to the gallows) 71
16th century 1571.
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Where was a check point established during the English civil war in 1642.
Marble arch
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Oliver Cromwell executed at Tyburn but died in 1658 what year was he executed?
1660
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In what year was the 1st development of the area PICCADILLY and had fine houses
1660
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In what year did lord BERKELEY of Stratton,a royalist commander, acquire extensive lands to the north of Piccadilly. What did he build ?
1665 Berkley house.
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In 1674 : 2nd Duke of ...........? Buys Clarendon house and it's grounds , following the death of who ? Hyde?
ALBEMARLE EDWARD HYDE
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In what year did the US Embassy open ?
1961
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What year was the last public execution at Tyburn?
18th century 3 November 1783 highwayman John Austin
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When was William 1st conqueror crowned king of England?
Christmas Day 1066
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Construction starts on the white tower what year ?
1170 10th century
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What construction began in 1087?
Old st Paul's
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Who built the 1st London bridge and in what year ?
Peter de Colechurch built it of stone 1178 12th century
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Who was chosen as the 1st mayor of London and when ? 89
Henry fitzailwyn in 1189
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What bar was built to stop the sovereign entering the the city without the mayor's permission.
Temple bar built in the 14th century.
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What construction started in 1411?
The Guildhall
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What gate was added to the city wall in 1415 ?
Moorgate
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What century was the 1st st Paul's built
7th 604AD Built by bishop mellitus.
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Mellitus dedicated he's church to who in the 7th century
St paul ' patron saint of London
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In what year did Alfred the Great re- take the city from the Vikings
886AD
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City livery companies probably pre-date the ?
Norman conquest
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Edward Lloyd set the first coffee house in the late 17th century what year was this .
1686.
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City of London police was established in what year ? Who was it to replace.
1839. To replace the City Watch .
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Old st Paul's was how high
500ft
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How many steps up to the golden gallery below the cross.
543 steps
50
How many livery companies are there in the city today.
111
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The worshipful company of hackney carriage drivers are ranked?
104 .
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Sir Benjamin MADDOX acquires the freehold of how many acres and from who ?
10 acres Lord BERKELEY.
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What year was : Grosvenor sq laid out What year was : Berkeley sq laid out 5 years apart
1725 1730
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Who laid out Belgrave sq in 1826
George basevi Thomas cubitt
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What year was the order of precedents of London livery companies set up
1515
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In 1928 what hotel was built
Grosvenor House hotel.
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1943 What room in the Grosvenor House hotel was commandeered as the officer's mess by the US military
The Great Room
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Where was John Nash's marble arch moved from to go to the Tyburn.
Buckingham palace
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What year was the death penalty abolished in
1965
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How long was the crystal palace?
1.851 ft long covered nearly 20 acres
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What exhibition said to have led to the introduction of the knowledge
Great exhibition
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What year was the gunpowder plot?
1605
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English civil war was when ?
1643-49
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Whitehall destroyed by fire only banqueting house survives in what year did this happen
1698
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What was the forth royal palace.
St James palace .
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In what year was 10 downing Street to become the first official residence of PM.
1730s
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In 1762 which king buys Buckingham palace?
George the III buys up buys up Buckingham palace from the Duke of Buckingham and Normandy. From 1791 it becomes known as BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
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What's the third royal palace .
Kensington palace
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Whats the 2nd official royal palace
Whitehall palace.
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What's the first royal palace of official residence in 1097
Westminster
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How many buildings did Christopher wren build
52
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Edward the confessor builds what famous landmark What year
Westminster abbey 1042.
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Which royals are the only royals to not have been crowned in Westminster abbey?
Edward v Edward V was placed in the Tower of London with his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York, for company. The younger brother had been taken from Westminster Abbey on the pretext that Richard was ensuring the younger brother's attendance at Edward's coronation Edward VIII He did this because of opposition from many quarters to his attempt to marry Wallis Simpson, who had previously divorced. His coronation was cancelled as a result of his abdication which began the coronation of George VI on 12th May 1937.
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William II ( RUFUS) BUILT WESTMINSTER HALL IN WHICH YEAR
1097
75
What is the acronym word of the word WHARF
warehouse at river front
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1st Custom House built in which century.
13th
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In which century was King Ethelred levied the first known customs duty.
10th century.
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How many warehouses are all that's survived of the original nine
Warehouses No. 1 and No. 2, are all that survive of the original nine Georgian warehouses erected on the North Quay of West India Quay by the West India Dock Company to store sugar, rum and coffee – the produce of the slave plantations of the Caribbean
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What century was the Thames highway ?
Thames Highway: AD43 – 1600
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Geoffrey Chaucer was Controller of Customs what year 74
Geoffrey Chaucer was Controller of Customs (1374-86)
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What statue is built on the old gore estate and gore house . And who was the previous tenant
Albert statue And anti-slavery campaigner MP William Wilberforce's
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Royal Albert hall was part funded from what special event?
Gate receipts from the great Exhibition on 1851
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What year was the Albert memorial unveiled? What's Albert holding in he's hands
Unveiled by queen victoria in 1892 A catalogue of the Great Exhibition in 1851
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How many sculptures are around the Albert memorial?
162 made up of Painters ' Poets ' Musicians 'and Architects
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Why was William of orange and Mary II given Kensington palace
William needed a home away from the dirty , odorous Thames and he suffered from asthma.
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Name all the builders ' artists to have worked on the Kensington palace?
Nicholas Hawksmoor John Vanbrugh Grinling gibbons Christopher wren
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Who redesigned Hyde park and what other parks in what year
Decimus Burton Green park St James park Hyde park corner 1825
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Who made Buckingham palace the fifth home for royalty?
Queen Victoria in 1837
89
What year was the houses of parliament completed
1851
90
In what year did the city of Westminster receive it's royal charter
1900
91
How many kings and queens are buried at Westminster abbey
Six kings and three queen's Edward I Edward II Henry III Henry V Henry VII Richard II And one Queen = Elizabeth I .
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What are the only surviving places left from the fire of banqueting hall in 1698?
Wine cellar Royal tennis court Queen Mary's steps .
93
What year did big Ben strike for the first time ? And how much does it weigh ?
1859 13.5ton
94
The exterior you see today at Westminster abbey was rebuilt by who in 1670 ?
Sir Christopher wren
95
What famed American architect once said . What is architecture anyway? Is it the vast collection of various buildings which have been built to please the varying tastes of various lords of mankind? I think not . Architecture is that great living creative spirit which from generation to generation from age to age precedes persists or creates according to the nature of Man and his circumstances as they change that's real architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright .
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Columns. What is CAPITAL? What is DORIC ? What is IONIAN? What is CORINTHIAN? What is IONIC? What is FLUTTED ?
Capital is the top of a column If the capital is plan it's either DORIC or IONIAN . If the capital is highly decorated it's then CORINTHIAN If the capital has rounded scrolls that resembles eyes then it's IONIC If the capital is very plain and looks like a squashed pillow it's DORIC . If there are any vertical grooves running the length of the column then they're FLUTTED
97
How do you know you are in a tudor style house ?
Wattle and daub walls
98
What was the date the great fire of London was extinguished .
Thursday 6th September 1666
99
How many nights did bombing of London go on for in 1940?
57 continues nights of bombing and air raids .
100
What were the worst effected areas from bombing in 1940
Holborn Shoreditch Stepney Southwark Westminster And the city
101
Where did the great fire of London start ?
Kings bakery ' pudding lane
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Who was rounded up throughout the great fire of London in 1666 for there own safety.
Foreigner's and papists imprisoned for their own safety.
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Who was the Frenchman who confessed to starting the fires and was hung at Tyburn and later it was established he was insane.
Robert Hubert .icho
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Who pulled down the old wooden London bridge to protect London from the Danish Vikings in the 11th century
King Olav of Norway
105
Marshalsea prison originally built for what type of criminal? Clink prison originally built for what criminal
1 sea crime/pirates 2 heretics and debtors
106
Who opened up the fireman's memorial in st peters lane
Queen mother
107
What rule was brought inn in 1722. And on what bridge .
Keep left was introduced on London bridge
108
What year was Thomas Becket murdered
1179
109
When was the first black death
1348
110
Two regiments of the household cavalryman up the Queens/ Kings personnel bodyguards Who are they
Lifeguards and the blues and royals
111
When was the first Blackfriars bridge built.
1769 Robert Mylne
112
Clerkenwell green became a political meeting place,and starting point of what ?
Demonstrations
113
Coldbath fields prison closes to be replaced by mount pleasant post office when .
1889
114
The bank of England was set up to finance what in the 17 century.
Wars with the Dutch.
115
In what year was the bank of England established on it's present site .
1724
116
Where was the bank of England previously operated from .
Mercer's hall and Grocers hall .
117
What was the white tower made from ?
Blonde limestone fro chaen in Normandy and Kentish ragstone from Maidstone.
118
Who had the first royal residence at the tower of London .
1140 king Stephen
119
In the 16th century what were the quays built on the south bank in Southwark called?
Sufferance quays
120
When Did West India Dock open?
1802
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Captain Bailey created the first cab rank,where?
Maypole in the strand
122
Grosvenor Square claims to be the 2nd largest in London. What is the largest?
Lincolns Inn Fields
123
Whose effigies proceed at the head of The Lord Mayor's Show?
Gog & Magog
124
Apart from The Lord Mayor & The Shireifs, The Corporation is made up of 2 Courts. What are they?
i) Aldemanic ii) Common Council
125
In what year was the last licence issued for a horse-drawn Hanson cab?
1947
126
Who is the present lord mayor of the city of London in 2022
Vincent Keaveny
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Who is buried near the shrine of Edward the Confessor.
Henry III
128
How many years did queen Mary reign for .
Five years 1553-1558
129
In what year was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
1587
130
In 1612 Mary 1st son .king James Ist ordered the body of he's mums body to be exhumed from her resting place at Peterborough castle and reinterred where ?
King Henry VII chapel.
131
What yea did Edward Ist ( longshanks) die .
7th July 1307
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What years did Edward Ist reign from
1284-1307
133
Who was the wife of Edward Ist
Eleanor of Castile
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When Eleanor of Castile died ' what did Edward Ist set up .
The Eleanor cross . Edward put a cross at all places where her funeral cortège rested on its way to her burial place ' Westminster abbey.
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On the 19th of June 1535 there monks were led to Tyburn for the refusal of king Henry VIII vision who were the monks .
Humphrey Middlemore. William Exmew. Sebastian Newdigate,. All leading monks of the chapter. Sebastian newdigate was a close friend of Henry's

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