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The Tower of London

The Tower of London, on the River Thames in London.
Site of imprisonment and execution, notably of those accused of treason, which meant many members of nobility and even royalty.
Executions mostly took place on Tower Hill.
Many of the executed (or those who died in prison) were buried (with no monument) in the Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula.

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Direct ancestors

List of direct ancestors who were:

• imprisoned and later released
• imprisoned and died in the Tower
• executed

My ancestors:

• Sir George Throckmorton, imprisoned 1536.
• Sir Edward Montagu, imprisoned 1553.

My wife's ancestors:

• Garret Mor Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, imprisoned 1495.
• Sir Thomas Green, died 1506.
• Edmund Dudley, executed 1510.
• Garret Og Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, died 1534.
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, executed 1553.
• Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, executed 1645.

Our common ancestors:

• Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel, executed 1397.
• Sir Edward Neville, executed 1538.

The Tower of London on a map of 1597.
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From the National Archives.
The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula is the building just above the words "Tower of London".

Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London.
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Plaque on wall of Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, listing some of those buried there with no monument.
These were prisoners who were executed or who died in prison.
Image courtesy of The Anne Boleyn Files.
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