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Execution for Treason

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1495Date range
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1495

William Stanley16 February 1495

Tower Hill · House / House of Tudor

William Stanley is executed after conviction for treason linked to the Warbeck crisis, removing a powerful magnate whose loyalty Henry VII no longer trusts.

Names involved

William Stanley

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