John Nichols Thom
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John Nichols Tom was a Cornish merchant and maltster who re-invented himself as Sir William Courtenay, stood for parliament in Canterbury, was convicted of perjury in a smuggling case, spent three yea
John Nichols Thom
Plaque in Hernhill churchyard
Battle of Bossenden Wood
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The Battle of Bossenden Wood took place on 31 May 1838 near Hernhill in Kent; it has been called the last battle on English soil. The battle was fought between a small group of labourers from the Hern
John Nichols Thom
…of followers and paraded in the Kent countryside. He, along with several of his followers, was killed in a confrontation with government soldiers in Bossenden Wood, in what has sometimes been called the last battle to be fought on English soil. John Nichols Tom (or Thom) was born the son of innkeepers in 1799 at…
Scene at Bossenden Wood drawn by an eyewitness, expressly for the Penny Satirist