Historical place archive

Tyburn in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tyburn in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

20 records10 event labels15 people1305โ€“1661

Historical events in Tyburn

1305

24 August 1305
Execution
Edward I ยท House of Plantagenet

Edward I has William Wallace executed

1330

1330
Execution
Roger Mortimer ยท House of Mortimer

Executed by Edward III, drawn & hanged on the gallows of thieves at the Elms, Tyburn

29 November 1330
Mortimer Executed
Edward III ยท Government of England

Has Roger Mortimer executed after the Nottingham coup

1499

23 November 1499
Execution
Perkin Warbeck ยท House of York

The pretender to the throne is hanged in the Tower of London

23 November 1499
Execution of Perkin Warbeck
Henry VII ยท Wars of the Roses

Perkin Warbeck is executed at Tyburn after years of challenging Henry VII's claim to the throne.

1534

20 April 1534
Death of Edward Bocking
Edward Bocking ยท Church of England

Death of Edward Brocking, executed

20 April 1534
Execution
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Elizabeth Barton, the Nun of Kent, is executed for treason.

1535

22 June 1535
Execution
John Fisher ยท Roman Catholic Church

Executed for refusing to acknowledge the King as Head of the Church. Deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, treated as a commoner, and tried by jury, found guilty, and condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn

1536

October 1536
Execution
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Leaders of the Lincolnshire Rising are executed after the royal government restores control.

1537

25 May 1537
Execution
Henry VIII ยท House of Tudor

Several northern rebels associated with Bigod's rising are executed after the renewed rebellion fails.

1581

1 December 1581
Death of St Edmund Campion
St Edmund Campion ยท House of Tudor

Death of St Edmund Campion, executed

1 December 1581
Execution of Campion
Elizabeth I ยท House of Tudor

St Edmund Campion is executed when falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I

1 December 1581
Execution of Campion
St Edmund Campion ยท House of Tudor

Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I

1 December 1581
Plot
St Edmund Campion ยท House of Tudor

Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I

1584

10 July 1584
Execution
Francis Throckmorton ยท House of Tudor

Executed for his role in the Throckmorton Plot against Elizabeth I

1601

14 February 1601
Essex Rebellion
Thomas Lee ยท House of Devereux

Captin Lee is executed for his part played in in the Essex Rebellion

14 February 1601
Execution of Lee
Thomas Lee ยท House of Devereux

Captin Lee is executed for his part played in in the Essex Rebellion

1661

30 January 1661
Posthumous Execution
Henry Ireton ยท Restoration

Ireton's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for his role in the Commonwealth regime.

30 January 1661
Posthumous Execution
John Bradshaw ยท Restoration

Bradshaw's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for presiding over the trial of Charles I.

30 January 1661
Posthumous Execution
Oliver Cromwell ยท Restoration

Cromwell's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn as part of the Restoration punishment of regicide leaders.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Tyburn. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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