Who is Buried at the Tower of London? Tudor, Stuart & Georgian Executions

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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For nearly 1000 years, the tower of London has been the site of the bloody executions of some of England’s most famous historic figures. And many of the tower’s victims were laid to their final rest within the walls, never to escape the prison where they met their tragic end. A King, 3 Queens, A Prince, 5 dukes and many more noble men and women were buried here. Let’s meet them and learn how they met their doom at the tower of London. Thomas Seymour, Baron of Sudley (1549) Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset (1552) Sir Ralph Vane & Sir Thomas Arundell (1552) John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1553) Lord Guildford Dudley (1554) (Queen) Lady Jane Grey (1554) Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk (1572) Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland (1585) Sir John Perrott (1592) Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel (1595) Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (1601) Sir Thomas Overbury (1613) Thomas Lord Grey of Wilton (1614) William Howard Viscount Stafford (1680) Arthur Earl of Essex (1683) James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1685) George Jeffreys, Baron Jeffreys (1689) John Rotier (1703) Edward Lord Griffin (1710) William Marquis of Tallibardine (1746) William Earl of Kilmarnork (1746) Arthur Lord Balmerino (1746) Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (1747) Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Funeral March by Chopin #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.1	Hello and welcome to History Tea Time.
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1:11.6	Who is buried at the Tower of London? Part 2, Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian executions.
1:16.6	For nearly a thousand years, the Tower of London has been the site of the bloody executions of some of England's most famous historic figures.
1:25.6	And many of them were buried here, never to escape the
1:29.2	place where they met their tragic fate.
1:31.8	A king, three queens, a prince, and many other noblemen and women were buried here.
1:38.7	Let's meet them and find out how they met their doom in the Tower of London.
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