List of people executed in Smithfield
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This is a list of prominent people killed or executed in Smithfield
, one of the most important locations for public executions in the medieval and modern City of London
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Traitors
Heretics
Others
Smithfield, London
Smithfield is an area of the City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without. It is located in the north-west part of the City, and is mostly known for its centuries-old meat market, today the last surviving historical wholesale market in Central London...
, one of the most important locations for public executions in the medieval and modern City of London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
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TraitorsTreasonIn law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...
- Wat TylerWat TylerWalter "Wat" Tyler was a leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381.-Early life:Knowledge of Tyler's early life is very limited, and derives mostly through the records of his enemies. Historians believe he was born in Essex, but are not sure why he crossed the Thames Estuary to Kent...
(1381) - William Bulmer (1537)
- Ann Bigod (1537)
HereticsHeresyHeresy is a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma. It is distinct from apostasy, which is the formal denunciation of one's religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is irreverence toward religion...
- William SawtreyWilliam SawtreyWilliam Sawtrey was an English Roman Catholic priest who was executed for heresy.Sawtrey was born in Norfolk, England. He was a follower of John Wycliffe, the leader of an early reformation movement called Lollardy. Sawtrey was a priest at two churches, St...
(1401) - John BadbyJohn BadbyJohn Badby , one of the early Lollard martyrs, was a tailor in the west Midlands, and was condemned by the Worcester diocesan court for his denial of transubstantiation....
(1410) - Thomas BagleyThomas BagleyThomas Bagley was a priest in England in the Fifteenth Century. In 1431 he was Vicar of "Monenden" and was described as "a valiant disciple and adherent of Wicliffe"...
(1431) - Richard BayfieldRichard BayfieldRichard Bayfield was an English Protestant martyr. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, he became a Benedictine monk. Whilst acting as Chamberlain of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, he was approached by the Protestant reformer Robert Barnes and given a copy of the New Testament translated into...
(1531) - John FrithJohn FrithJohn Frith was an English Protestant priest, writer, and martyr.Frith was an important contributor to the Christian debate on persecution and toleration in favour of the principle of religious toleration...
(1533) - John LambertJohn Lambert (Protestant martyr)John Lambert was a Protestant martyr burnt to death on November 22 at Smithfield, London. He was considered a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church and Henry VIII's Church of England....
(1538) - John Forrest (1538)
- Richard FetherstonRichard FetherstonRichard Fetherston was an English Roman Catholic priest. He was chaplain to Catharine of Aragon and tutor to her daughter, Mary Tudor. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, 29 December 1886.-Life:...
(1540) - Edward PowellEdward PowellEdward Powell was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and theologian, in opposition to Henry VIII of England. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886.-Life:...
(1540) - Anne AskewAnne AskewAnne Askew was an English poet and Protestant who was condemned as a heretic...
(1546) - Joan BocherJoan BocherJoan Bocher was an English Anabaptist burned at the stake for heresy. She has also been known as Joan Boucher or Butcher, or as Joan Knell or Joan of Kent....
(1550) - John BradfordJohn BradfordJohn Bradford was a prebendary of St. Paul's. He was an English Reformer and martyr best remembered for his utterance "'There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford". These words were uttered by Bradford while imprisoned in the Tower of London when he saw a criminal on his way to execution;...
(1555) - John Cardmaker (1555)
- John Philpot (1555)
- John Warne (1555)
- John Rogers (1555)
- John Rough (1557)
- Robert Southam (late 1550s)
- Roger Holland (1558)
- Nicholas HornerNicholas HornerNicholas Horner was an English Roman Catholiclayman, hanged, drawn and quartered because he had relieved and assisted Christopher Bales, a seminary priest...
(1590) - Bartholomew LegateBartholomew LegateBartholomew Legate was an English anti-Trinitarian martyr.Legate was born in Essex and became a dealer in cloth. In the 1590s, Bartholomew and his two brothers, Walter and Thomas, began preaching around the London area. Their unorthodox message rejected the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of...
(1612)
Others
- William WallaceWilliam WallaceSir William Wallace was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence....
(1305)