Crime -- Great Britain; Criminals -- Great Britain; Executions and executioners; Tyburn gallows (London, England)
The same 4. of August were drawn to Tyborne 6. persons and one lead
betwixt twaine, to wit, Laurence Cooke, prior of Doncaster, William Home
a lay brother of the Charterhouse of London, Giles Horne gentleman,
Clement Philip gentleman of Caleis, & seruant to the L. Lisle, Edmond
Bromholme priest, chaplaine to the said L. Lisley, Darby Gening, Robert
Bird, all hanged and quartered, and had beene attainted by parliament,
for deniall of the Kings supremacie (Stow, p. 581).
=1540.= There is nothing new under the sun. The Aliens Act of 1905 was
anticipated by the Act 32 Henry VIII. c. 16, Concerning Strangers.
The King our most dradde Souveraine Lord calling unto his blissed
remembraunce the infinite nombre of Straungers and aliens of foren
countries and nations whiche daily doo increase and multiplie within
his Graces Realme and Dominions in excessive nombres, to the greate
detriment hinderaunce losse and empoverishment of his Graces naturall
true lieges and subjectis of this his Realme and to the greate decay of
the same—having this on his blessed remembrance his Grace took measures
to drive out aliens not furnished with letters of denization.
This act indirectly furnished Tyburn with two victims:—
=1540.= On the xxii. daie of December, was Raufe Egerton seruant to the
Lorde Audeley lorde Chauncellor, hanged, drawen, and quartered, for
counterfetyng of the kynges greate Seale, in a signet, whiche was neuer
seen, and sealed a great nomber of Licenses for Denizens, and one Thomas
Harman that wrote theim, was executed: for the statute made the last
parliament sore bounde the straungiers, whiche wer not Denizens, whiche
caused theim to offre to Egerton, greate sommes of money, the desire
whereof caused hym to practise that whiche brought hym to the ende, that
before is declared (Hall, p. 841).
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