This plaque features William Penn. It's located at 51 Gracechurch Street, EC3.
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Near this site William Penn and William Mead were tried in 1670 for preaching to an unlawful assembly in Grace Church Street. This tablet commemorates the courage and endurance of the jury, Thos Vere, Edward Bushell and ten others who refused to give a verdict against them although locked up without food for two nights and were fined for their final verdict of not guilty. The case of these jurymen was reviewed on a Writ of Habeas Corpus and Chief Justice Vaughan delivered the opinion of the Court which established"The Right of Juries" to give their verdict according to their convictions.
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William Penn was born on 1 January, 1644. They died on 1 January, 1718. They lived to the age of 74.
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Connection of type 'located' between William Penn white plaque and 51 Gracechurch Street, EC3