http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-11276 ExecutedToday.com » 1685: Dame Alice Lisle, first victim of the Bloody Assizes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:58:08 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-11276 [...] for harboring fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, where pretender and fellow execution-fodder Monmouth was defeated. Alice Lisle Concealing Fugitives, by Edward Matthew Ward. Detailed views [...] [...] for harboring fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, where pretender and fellow execution-fodder Monmouth was defeated. Alice Lisle Concealing Fugitives, by Edward Matthew Ward. Detailed views [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4554 ExecutedToday.com » 1817: Three criminals in Rome, as witnessed by Lord Byron Tue, 19 May 2009 16:34:20 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4554 [...] two were taken off more cleanly. It is better than the oriental way, and (I should think) than the axe of our ancestors. The pain seems little; and yet the effect to the spectator, and the preparation to the criminal, [...] [...] two were taken off more cleanly. It is better than the oriental way, and (I should think) than the axe of our ancestors. The pain seems little; and yet the effect to the spectator, and the preparation to the criminal, [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4056 ExecutedToday.com » 1722: Arundel Cooke and John Woodburne, despite a novel defense Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:14:15 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4056 [...] parliamentarian John Coventry trod on the royal toes and was in consequence beaten up by some of Monmouth’s [...] [...] parliamentarian John Coventry trod on the royal toes and was in consequence beaten up by some of Monmouth’s [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-4022 ExecutedToday.com » 1691: Jack Withrington, highwayman Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:02:54 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-4022 [...] three years. Then he entered into the Earl of Oxford’s Regiment of Horse, in which, when Monmouth’s rebellion was suppressed in the West of England, he came up to London, where he soon met [...] [...] three years. Then he entered into the Earl of Oxford’s Regiment of Horse, in which, when Monmouth’s rebellion was suppressed in the West of England, he came up to London, where he soon met [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-3314 ExecutedToday.com » Remember to Tip the Headsman Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:07:27 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-3314 [...] used to be customary to tip the executioner, as the Duke did. Some ultimate assertion of noble contempt, or simply a bribe in the hopes of a job smoothly [...] [...] used to be customary to tip the executioner, as the Duke did. Some ultimate assertion of noble contempt, or simply a bribe in the hopes of a job smoothly [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-2774 ExecutedToday.com » 1950: James Corbitt, the hangman’s mate Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:22:07 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-2774 [...] Hangmen of England: History of Execution from Jack Ketch to Albert Pierrepoint (we’ve met Jack Ketch here before). More dry factual data about Pierrepoint, the father and uncle who preceded him in the [...] [...] Hangmen of England: History of Execution from Jack Ketch to Albert Pierrepoint (we’ve met Jack Ketch here before). More dry factual data about Pierrepoint, the father and uncle who preceded him in the [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/15/1685-james-scott-duke-of-monmouth/#comment-1920 ExecutedToday.com » Nine Executed People Who Make Great Halloween Costumes Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:17:16 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=325#comment-1920 [...] all the severed heads and flayed skins around here, the set of execution victims who are Halloween-ready is a limited [...] [...] all the severed heads and flayed skins around here, the set of execution victims who are Halloween-ready is a limited [...]

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