Thomas Arden

Thomas Arden (1508–1550) was Mayor of Faversham, Kent, England.

He was murdered by his wife, Alice, and her lover, Richard Moseby.

[2] This would inspire the Elizabethan play, Arden of Faversham, which in turn was the basis of the opera Arden Must Die (1967).

Between 1610 and 1638, a broadside ballad was additionally published about the murder.

This article about a mayor in England is a stub.

Arden's house on Abbey Street, Faversham is still standing. It was built by Arden in c. 1538-1540 and uses parts of the former abbey gatehouse . [ 1 ]
Plaque on the house of Thomas Arden