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Judge John Powell - Gloucester Cathedral

Judge John Powell - Gloucester Cathedral

This marble monument to Judge John Powell (d1714) is by Thomas Green of Camberwell. John Powell presided over the trial of Jane Wenham, one of the last people convicted of witchcraft in England.

 

 

Lord John Cheney Monument - Salisbury Cathedral

Lord John Cheney Monument - Salisbury Cathedral

Lord John Cheney (d1499) was a Lancastrian supporter who in 1483 had supported the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III. When Buckingham's rebellion failed he joined Henry Tudor in Brittany and returned with him from France in 1485.

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