4 August 1557 – Burial of Anne of Cleves, Fourth Wife of Henry VIII
On 4th August 1557 merchant-taylor and diarist Henry Machyn recorded that there was a requiem mass for "my…
Carthusian Monks
19 June 1535 – The Executions of Three Carthusian Monks
On 19th June 1535, Sebastian Newdigate, William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, three Carthusian monks from the London Charterhouse,…
10 June 1537 – Deaths of Two Carthusian Monks from Starvation
The Carthusian Monks appearing before Cromwell. Copyright Tim Ridgway On 10th June 1537, two Carthusian monks from the…
4 May 1535 – The Executions of the Carthusian Martyrs
Carthusian Martyrs by Sanchez Cotan, photo by Tim Ridgway On 4th May 1535 three prominent Carthusian monks were…
19th June 1535 – 3 Cathusian Monks Martyred
On the 19th June 1535, three Carthusian monks of the London Charterhouse were executed at Tyburn. Sebastian Newdigate,…
4th May 1536 – Further Arrests
There were three events on this day in 1536, in the plot against Anne Boleyn:- The arrest of…
4 August 1540 – The Execution of Blessed William Horne, Carthusian Martyr
On this day in history, 4th August 1540, Brother William Horne, laybrother of the London Charterhouse was hanged,…