Famous Public Executions on Tower Hill (Tower Of London)

Tower Hill & Public Executions:

• Historically famous for public executions.
• Public executions of high-profile criminals were carried out on the hill.
• Tower Hill is an elevated spot found north-west of the Tower of London.
• Formerly it was under the direct administrative control of the Tower of London.

Executions In Chronological Order:

• 1296 - King Baliol of Scotland
  
• 1305 - William Wallace
• 1381 - Simon Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1497 - James Tuchet (a commander of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497)
  
• 1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
  
• 1535 - John Fisher Bishop of Rochester
  
• 1535 - Sir Thomas More
  
• 1536 - Mark Smeaton (implicated with Anne Boleyn)
• 1536 - Sir Henry Norris (implicated with Anne Boleyn)
• 1536 - George Boleyn (implicated with Anne Boleyn)
• 1536 - Sir Francis Weston (implicated with Anne Boleyn)
• 1536 - William Brereton (implicated with Anne Boleyn)
• 1540 - Thomas Cromwell
  
• 1542 - Thomas Culpepper (implicated with Catherine Howard)
• 1542 - Henry Mannox (implicated with Catherine Howard)
• 1542 - Francis Dereham (implicated with Catherine Howard)
• 1546 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
  
• 1546 - Thomas, Duke of Norfolk
  
• 1549 - Thomas Seymour, High Admiral of England
  
• 1552 - Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector
  
• 1554 - Guildford Dudley (husband of Lady Jane Grey)
  
• 1586 - Sir Anthony Babington (implicated with Mary, Queen of Scots)
  
• 1606 - Guy Fawkes
  
• 1613 - Thomas Overbury
  
• 1615 - Sir Gervase Helwys
  
• 1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh
• 1631 - Mervyn Tuchet (or Audley), 2nd Earl of Castlehaven
  
• 1641 - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
• 1645 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
  
• 1662 - Sir Henry Vane the Younger
  
• 1685 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
• 1746 - William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
• 1747 - Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat
  

Executions In Name Order:

• Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector (1552)
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1521)
• Francis Dereham (implicated with Catherine Howard) (1542)
• George Boleyn (implicated with Anne Boleyn) (1536)
• Guildford Dudley (husband of Lady Jane Grey) (1554)
• Guy Fawkes (1606)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1546)
• Henry Mannox (implicated with Catherine Howard) (1542)
• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1685)
• James Tuchet (a commander of the Cornish Rebellion of 1497) (1497)
• John Fisher Bishop of Rochester (1535)
• King Baliol of Scotland (1296)
• Mark Smeaton (implicated with Anne Boleyn) (1536)
• Mervyn Tuchet (or Audley), 2nd Earl of Castlehaven (1631)
• Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (1747)
• Simon Sudbury Archbishop of Canterbury (1381)
• Sir Anthony Babington (implicated with Mary, Queen of Scots) (1586)
• Sir Francis Weston (implicated with Anne Boleyn) (1536)
• Sir Gervase Helwys (1615)
• Sir Henry Norris (implicated with Anne Boleyn) (1536)
• Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1662)
• Sir Thomas More (1535)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (1618)
• Thomas Cromwell (1540)
• Thomas Culpepper (implicated with Catherine Howard) (1542)
• Thomas Overbury (1613)
• Thomas Seymour, High Admiral of England (1549)
• Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford (1641)
• Thomas, Duke of Norfolk (1546)
• William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1746)
• William Brereton (implicated with Anne Boleyn) (1536)
• William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (1645)
  
• William Wallace (1305)

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