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Richard Brandon (died 20 June 1649) [a] was the common executioner of London from 1639 to 1649, who inherited that role from his father Gregory Brandon and was sometimes known as Young Gregory. [2] Richard Brandon is often named as the executioner of Charles I , though the executioner's identity is not definitively known.
A handwritten list, Executed Death Cases Before 1951 Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, discovered at The Pentagon in December 2003. The list is only partially legible and must therefore be used with some caution. The linked public version of this list is quite truncated, thereby omitting a great deal of useful information about these ...
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As the common hangman of London, Richard Brandon carried out Strafford's execution, and incidentally also of Archbishop Laud in January 1645. [46] Following news of Strafford's execution, Ireland rose in sanguinary rebellion in October 1641, which led to more bickering between King and Parliament, this time over the raising of an army. [47]
The title page of The Confession of Richard Brandon, a 1649 pamphlet claiming to reveal Richard Brandon as Charles I's executioner. [ 45 ] The identities of the executioner of Charles I and his assistant were never revealed to the public, with crude face masks and wigs hiding them at the execution, [ 46 ] and they were probably only known to ...
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This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alfred Allen (executioner) Harry Allen (executioner) B. ... Richard Brandon; George Brown (executioner) C. William Calcraft;
Edward Dun (died 11 September 1663), also referred to as Squire Dun, was an English executioner who served as London's 'common hangman' from 1649 to 1663. He assumed the post shortly following the death in June 1649 of Richard Brandon, the headsman believed to have executed Charles I.