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Former Coventry vicar and historian Alan Munden has made the case for the number of martyrs to be increased to thirteen, if a woman burned in 1432 for Lollardy is included among their number. [2] Lollards were known to be active in the city as early as 1414, and sources of the time record Lollardy-related public order incidents in 1424 and 1431.
The Archives was set up in 2008 during the refurbishment of Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, and was designed by Demco Interiors. [2] It was set up to combine the former Coventry Archives and Local Studies Library. [3] In September 2018, the Coventry Archives underwent a name and brand change it was renamed after the old 'Coventry History Centre'.
Black Plaque marking the site of Balls execution. Mary Ball (c. 1818–1849) was a Nuneaton housewife who poisoned her husband with arsenic.She was hanged in Cuckoo Lane, outside Coventry Gaol, before a crowd of about twenty thousand.
Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Lady Godiva: Edmund Blair Leighton depicts her moment of decision (1892). Lady Godiva (/ ɡ ə ˈ d aɪ v ə /; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and ...
Researchers in the Coventry Archives. Coventry Archives is housed in The Herbert. [21] Made up of what was the Coventry archives and Coventry local history, it houses the largest collection of records related to Coventry and its history. [22] including the Charter of Incorporation of the City of Coventry, Coventry City Council records. [23]
In 1956 he was awarded the MBE for his services to the history, archaeology and people of Coventry. [12] Shelton died 29 November 1958, one week after being hit by a motorcycle while out walking in the Green Lane area. Since 1959, the John Shelton Memorial Lecture has been held in his name.
COVENTRY — The town's schools are mourning the death on March 18 of school psychologist Louis F. Ruffolo, who was involved with many students with special education plans over the last two decades.
Robert Glover (died 1555) was an English Protestant martyr who was burnt at Coventry in September 1555. [1] Glover was born at Mancetter, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. [2] Under Henry VIII he became attracted to Protestant views. [1] He gained in BA in 1538, MA in 1541, and was a fellow until 1543.