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At the time, the expression of atheist beliefs was not only illegal; people were burned at the stake for it. On 18 May , a warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest after the playwright Thomas Kyd claimed he had been responsible for writing a text viewed as 'heretical', found in Kyd's own home.

Before he could be tried on any charges, Marlowe was killed later that same month in Deptford , in circumstances which still remain mysterious. As so much secrecy continues to surround the School of Night, what happened to the society afterwards remains unknown. They continue to be a subject of discussion alongside the conspiracy theories that emerged in the aftermath of Marlowe's murder, many of which continue to be debated to this day.

The Calves' Head Club were one of London's most controversial secret societies, emerging in London in the second half of the 17th century, and dedicated to mocking the execution of Charles I. Members were said to gather on 30 January every year, the same day the former king was beheaded in Their name came from the barbaric practice at each meeting of decapitating and eat a calf, which members treated as a stand in for Charles.

Also on the table was a boar, representing the public, and a cod, representing Charles' son Charles II. A satirical drawing from a book The Secret History of the Calve's Head Club shows these objects, along with an image of the devil — looking particularly sneaky — standing at the door of the club. The last major documented incident involving a version of the society occurred in early , when a group of men calling themselves members went on a drinking spree in Suffolk Street in the West End.

They caused havoc , built a bonfire nearby, and eventually, were confronted by an angry mob. Freemasonry is one of the most famous secret societies in the world. Slightly less well documented is a rival group which emerged in London in , following the expulsion of one member, the Duke of Wharton. Known as the Gormogons, this group was designed to ridicule the society that had kicked Wharton out.