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1538: Cratwell, a hangman

September 1st, 2008 Headsman

This yere, the first daye of September, beinge Sondaye, at Clerkenwell, where the wrestlinge is kept, after the wrestlinge was done, there was hanged on a payre of gallowes, newe made, in the same place, the hangman of London and two more for robbinge a bouth in Bartlemewe fayre, which sayd hangman had done execution in London since the Holy Mayde of Kent was hanged, and was a conninge butcher in quarteringe of men.

A Chronicle of England During the Reigns of the Tudors, from A.D. 1485 to 1559

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  • 1. ExecutedToday.com »&hellip  |  April 2nd, 2009 at 8:56 am

    [...] was not the only public executioner to find himself on the receiving end of his former trade, but he does seem to have the distinction [...]

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