125 deaths on Tower Hill
Wikipedia lists only 36 (in 2011). Most of the victims that we have researched are recorded as having been beheaded but A London Inheritance, quoting John Stow (c. 1598), refers to "a large scaffo...
Wikipedia lists only 36 (in 2011). Most of the victims that we have researched are recorded as having been beheaded but A London Inheritance, quoting John Stow (c. 1598), refers to "a large scaffo...
Army commander. Born Staffordshire. A commander in the 1st Cornish Rebellion. Captured at the battle on Blackheath on 17 June 1497 and beheaded on Tower Hill.
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
Statesman. Born Debden. As a Protestant dissenter he failed to secure the advancements at the King's court for which he had hoped and so set off to the newly established Massachusetts where he was ...
Scottish knight and national hero. Born Renfrewshire. Convicted of treason Wallace was executed at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered - a very gruesome death reserved for traitors. Mel ...
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs. Gentlewoman. Widow of John Warne, mother of Joan and a son. Taken at a prayer meeting.
Either burnt or poisoned in prison for his Protestant beliefs. Son of Elizabeth.
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for her Protestant beliefs. Daughter of Elizabeth.