in the churchyard where his Latin-inscribed tombstone is still visible. Thomas Anderson, a soldier in the Dragoons was executed, as a deserter and Jacobite sympathizer, near the Butchers' Arbour on Kingsland, Shrewsbury on 11 December 1752. He was the last English martyr for the Stuart cause. The Revd Benjamin Wingfield, in the face of official hostility, allowed Anderson to be buried in St Mary's Churchyard and read the burial service over the grave. The grave is situated in the south-western quarter of the churchyard. See also Grade I listed churches in Shropshire List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (southeast central area) Photographs of St Mary's including many of the fine windows References Citations Sources Grade I listed churches in Shropshire Church of England church buildings in Shropshire English churches with Norman architecture English Gothic architecture in Shropshire Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust Churches in Shrewsbury Paley and Austin buildings Former Royal Peculiars