Executed for trying to regain the throne
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Executed for trying to regain the throne
After the execution of Wallace Scotland rebels under Robert I the Bruce
Executed on Blacklow Hill outside Warwick
Supports Edward II when Lancaster has Gaveston taken from Pembroke & executed
Defeats Lancaster & beheads him without a trial at the Battle of Boroughbridge
Orders the execution of the Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract. 1st time a sentence of death is passed on a peer
Witnesses Lancasters execution
Executed after being defeated at Boroughbridge by Edward II
Executed by Queen Isabella
Executed by Roger de Mortimer & Queen Isabella
Edward III has Roger Mortimer executed, Isabella retires & joins an order of nuns
Executed by the followers of Jack Cade
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
Death of William Stanley, executed for treason for his support of the Warbeck conspiracy
Executed for leading e rebellion in Cornwall
The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed
The leader of the Pilrimage of Grace is executed
Elizabeth I has 400 rank-and-file rebels executed
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