Crime -- Great Britain; Criminals -- Great Britain; Executions and executioners; Tyburn gallows (London, England)
=1584.= _February 12._ The 7. of February, were arraygned at Westminster
Iohn Fen [James Fenn], George Haddocke [Haydock], Iohn Munden, Iohn
Nutter, and Thomas Hemerford, all fiue found guiltie of high treason, in
being made priestes beyond the seas, and by the Popes authoritie, since a
statute made in _Anno primo_ of her maiesties raygne, and hadde iudgement
to be hanged, bowelled, & quartered: which were all executed at Tyborne
on the 12. of February (Stow, p. 698).
=1584.= The 21. of May, Francis Throckmorton Esquire was arraygned in
the Guild hall of the cittie of London, where being found guiltie of
high Treason, hee was condemned, & had iudgement to be drawne, hanged,
bowelled, & quartered. The 10. of July next following, the same Francis
Throckmorton was conveyed by water from the Tower of London, to the
Blacke fryers stayres, and from thence by land to the sessions hall in
the Olde baily without Newgate, where hee was deliuered to the sheriffes
of London, laid on a hurdle, drawne to Tyborne, & there executed
according to his iudgement. A discouery of whose treasons, practised
and attempted against the Queenes maiestie and the realme, were in the
moneth of June published and printed in a booke intituled, A true and
perfect Declaration of the treasons practised and attempted by Francis
Throckmorton, &c.[179] (Stow, p. 628).
=1585.= _July 6._ The fift of July, Thomas Aufield [Alfield], a seminarie
priest, and Thomas Welley [Webley] diar, were arraygned at the sessions
hall in the Old baily, found guiltie, condemned and had iudgement,
as felons to be hanged: for publishing of books containing false,
seditious, and slaunderous matter, to the defamation of our Soueraygne
lady the Queene, these were on the next morrow executed at Tyborne
accordingly[180] (Stow, p. 708).
=1586.= The 19. of January, Nicholas Deuorox [Nicholas Wheeler, Woodfen,
or Devereux] was condemned for treason, in being made a Seminarie priest
at Rhemes in Fraunce, since the feast of Saynt Iohn Baptist in Anno
primo of her Maiesties raygne, and in remaining here after the term of
fortie dayes after the session of the last parliament. Also Edmond Barbar
[Edward Strancham] being made a priest as aforesayd, and comming into
this realme after the sayd terme of fortie dayes, was likewise condemned
of treason, and both drawne to Tyborne, and there hanged, bowelled, and
quartered on the 21. of January (Stow, p. 718).
=1586.= The 18. of Aprill, in the assises holden at London in the Justice
hall, Willi. Thomson _alias_ Blackborne made priest at Rhemes, and
Richard Lea _alias_ Long [his real name was Sergeant] made priest at
Lyons in France, and remainging here contrarie to the statute, were both
condemned, and on the twentith day of Aprill drawne to Tiborne, and there
hanged, bowelled, and quartered (Stow, p. 719).
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