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Inmate: Tower of London
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Anne Boleyn |
Royalty |
c. 1507 |
19-May-1536 |
Wife of English King Henry VIII |
| Hubert de Burgh |
Judge |
? |
1243 |
Chief Justiciar of England |
| Thomas Cromwell |
Government |
c. 1485 |
28-Jul-1540 |
Advisor to Henry VIII |
| Everard Digby |
Criminal |
16-May-1578 |
30-Jan-1606 |
Gunpowder Plot |
| King Edward V |
Royalty |
4-Nov-1470 |
c. 1483 |
King of England, 1483 |
| Queen Elizabeth I |
Royalty |
7-Sep-1533 |
24-Mar-1603 |
The Virgin Queen |
| Guy Fawkes |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1570 |
31-Jan-1606 |
Tried to blow up British Parliament |
| Lady Jane Grey |
Royalty |
12-Oct-1537 |
12-Feb-1554 |
Queen of England for nine days |
| King Henry VI |
Royalty |
6-Dec-1421 |
21-May-1471 |
King of England, 1422-61 |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| James I |
Royalty |
1394 |
20-Feb-1437 |
King of Scotland, 1406-37 |
| Reg Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
1-Oct-2000 |
Kray brothers |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| Henry Laurens |
Politician |
24-Feb-1724 |
8-Dec-1792 |
Captured negotiating treaty with Holland |
| Margaret of Anjou |
Royalty |
23-Mar-1430 |
25-Aug-1482 |
Consort of English King Henry VI |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Samuel Pepys |
Author |
23-Feb-1633 |
26-May-1703 |
London diarist |
| Sir Walter Raleigh |
Explorer |
c. 1552 |
29-Oct-1618 |
Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I |
| King Richard II |
Royalty |
6-Jan-1367 |
14-Feb-1400 |
King of England 1377-99 |
| William Wallace |
Military |
1272 |
23-Aug-1305 |
Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart |
| Robert Walpole |
Head of State |
26-Aug-1676 |
18-Mar-1745 |
UK's first Prime Minister |
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