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In the Inn survives a chair inscribed "15 October 1651: In this chair James, 7th Earl of Derby sat at the Man and Scythe Inn, Churchgate, Bolton, immediately prior to his execution". [4] He was buried in the Derby Chapel, built in about 1572 in accordance with the will of the 3rd Earl of Derby, [5] in the Church of St Peter and St Paul ...
Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby (1062–1139) was created Earl of Derby by King Stephen in 1138 for his valiant conduct at the Battle of Northallerton. He was married to Hawise de Vitre and died in 1139. His son Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Earl of Derby (?–bef.1160) became the next earl and was married to Margaret Peverel.
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William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby; Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby; William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby; James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby; Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby; Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; Edward ...
His execution was filmed, in a beheading video titled "A Message to America". Steven Sotloff (2014) – beheaded in the Syro-Arabian desert by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one month after the beheading of James Foley. His execution was filmed, and released with the title "A Second Message to America".
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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 King, partly to avoid antagonizing his mother and stepfather, was at first inclined to spare Sir William's life. Yet ultimately the King feared that by showing clemency, he would be endangering himself through encouraging other potential conspirators. As a consequence, Sir William was condemned to death, and a few days later, beheaded.