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The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse. To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland.
The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as pictured in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse. To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a penalty in England, Wales, Ireland and the United Kingdom for several crimes, but mainly for high treason. This method was abolished in 1870.
Pages in category "People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The last execution under the Act was of William Joyce in 1946, for assisting the Third Reich during the Second World War. Note that hanging, drawing and quartering was never the penalty for counterfeiting or clipping coins (which was high treason until 1832). [ 3 ]
The rest of his sentence, which entailed hanging, drawing and quartering, was performed upon him while he was still alive. [1] Following the failure of the conspiracy and the executions of its members, Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed by beheading for her knowledge and support of the treasonous plot.
People executed by the United Kingdom by hanging, drawing and quartering (2 C, 3 P) ... This page was last edited on 10 October 2024, at 13:31 (UTC).
Pages in category "People executed under the Plantagenets by hanging, drawing and quartering" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
They were executed by hanging, drawing and quartering in two batches on the 20 and 21 September. Ballard was executed on the first day along with the other main conspirators. The manner of their deaths was so bloody and horrific that it deeply shocked those who were present at the spectacle.