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Execution

England · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

18Records
792–1569Date range
17Named people
7Places

Chronological records

792

Osred II14 September 792

Northumbria · Warfare / Military

Executed for trying to regain the throne

1305

Edward IAugust 1305

Warfare / Military

After the execution of Wallace Scotland rebels under Robert I the Bruce

1312

Piers Gaveston1312

Warwick · Warfare / Military

Executed on Blacklow Hill outside Warwick

Aymer de Valence Pembroke1312

Warfare / Military

Supports Edward II when Lancaster has Gaveston taken from Pembroke & executed

1322

Edward II16 March 1322

Boroughbridge · Warfare / Military

Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial at the Battle of Boroughbridge

Edward II16 March 1322

Pontefract · Warfare / Military

Orders the execution of the Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract. 1st time a sentence of death is passed on a peer

Edmund of Woodstock Kent, 3rd1322

Pontefract · Warfare / Military

Witnesses Lancasters execution

Thomas of Plantagenet Lancaster, 2nd1322

Pontefract · Warfare / Military

Executed after being defeated at Boroughbridge by Edward II

1326

Hugh Despenser1326

Warfare / Military

Executed by Queen Isabella

Hugh Despenser Winchester1326

Warfare / Military

Executed by Roger de Mortimer & Queen Isabella

1330

Isabella1330

London · Warfare / Military

Edward III has Roger Mortimer executed, Isabella retires & joins an order of nuns

1381

William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st1381

Warfare / Military

Executed by the followers of Jack Cade

Simon Sudbury1381

Tower of London · Warfare / Military

After crossing London Bridge without resistance, the rebels then gained entry to the Tower of London and captured Simon Sudbury, the unpopular Archbishop of Canterbury, before proceeding to behead him

1495

William Stanley10 February 1495

Warfare / Military

Death of William Stanley, executed for treason for his support of the Warbeck conspiracy

1497

James Touchet Audley, 4th28 June 1497

Tower of London · Warfare / Military

Executed for leading e rebellion in Cornwall

1536

Robert AskeJuly 1536

York · Warfare / Military

The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed

Henry VIIIJuly 1536

York · Warfare / Military

The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed

1569

Elizabeth IDecember 1569

Warfare / Military

Elizabeth I has 400 rank-and-file rebels executed

Names involved

Aymer de Valence PembrokeEdmund of Woodstock Kent, 3rdEdward IEdward IIElizabeth IHenry VIIIHugh DespenserHugh Despenser WinchesterIsabellaJames Touchet Audley, 4thOsred IIPiers GavestonRobert AskeSimon SudburyThomas of Plantagenet Lancaster, 2ndWilliam Cavendish Devonshire, 1stWilliam Stanley

Provenance

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