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Execution

Scotland · Government / Government of Scotland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1305–1584Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1305

William Wallace24 August 1305

Tyburn · Government / Government of Scotland

Hanged at Tyburn, diembowelled & quartered

1425

Murdoch Stewart Albany, 2nd1425

Government / Government of Scotland

James I has Stewart beheaded for misGovernment as Governor & Regent of Scotland

1584

William Ruthven Gowrie, 1st Earl2 May 1584

Stirling · Government / Government of Scotland

Executed for treason after renewed plotting following the Raid of Ruthven

Names involved

Murdoch Stewart Albany, 2ndWilliam Ruthven Gowrie, 1st EarlWilliam Wallace

Provenance

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