List of people executed in Smithfield
Smithfield was one of the most important locations for public executions in the medieval and modern City of London. The following people were among those executed there.
Traitors[]
People charged with and convicted of treason (or high treason):
- William Wallace (23 August 1305)
- Wat Tyler (1381)
- (1537)
- (1537)
- Edward Arden (1583), beheaded; his head put on London Bridge and his body quartered and placed on the city's gates[1]
Heretics[]
People charged with and convicted of heresy:
- William Sawtrey (1401)
- John Badby (1410)
- Thomas Bagley (1431)
- Richard Bayfield (1531)
- John Tewkesbury (1531)
- James Bainham (1532)
- John Frith (1533)
- Andrew Hewet (1533)
- John Lambert (1538)
- John Forrest (1538)
- Two Dutch Anabaptists, a man and a woman (1538)
- William Collins (1540)
- Robert Barnes (1540)
- Thomas Gerrard (1540)
- William Jerome (1540)
- Richard Fetherston (1540)
- Edward Powell (1540)
- Thomas Abel (1540)
- Anne Askew (1546)
- Nicholas Belenian (1546)
- John Adams (1546)
- John Lascelles(1546)
- Joan Bocher (1550)
- John Rogers (1555)
- Thomas Tomkins (1555)
- John Cardmaker (1555)
- John Warne (1555)
- John Bradford (1555)
- John Leaf (1555)
- John Philpot (1555)
- Thomas Whittle (1556)
- Bartholomew Green (1556)
- Thomas Brown (1556)
- John Tudson (1556)
- John Went (1556)
- Isobella Forster (1556)
- Joan Lushford (1556)
- , burnt 24 April (1556)
- Robert Drake, burnt 24 April (1556)
- , burnt 24 April (1556)
- , burnt 24 April (1556)
- , burnt 24 April (1556)
- , burnt 24 April (1556)
- John Rough (1557)
- Robert Southain (1558)
- Roger Holland (1558)
- Nicholas Horner (1590)
- Bartholomew Legate (1612)
References[]
- ^ Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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- People executed by the Kingdom of England
- Smithfield, London