Tyburn, the Glossary
Tyburn was a manor (estate) in the county of Middlesex, England, one of two which were served by the parish of Marylebone.[1]
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Alexander Briant
Alexander Briant, SJ (17 August 1556 – 1 December 1581) was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.
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Allen Mawer
Sir Allen Mawer, (8 May 1879 − 22 July 1942) was an English philologist.
Anatomy
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.
Archbishop of Armagh
The Archbishop of Armagh is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name from the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland.
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Arthur Gray (Hawkhurst Gang)
Arthur Gray (1713–1748) was one of the leaders of the notorious Hawkhurst Gang that operated from its base in Kent, along the South Coast of England from 1735 until 1750.
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Barking Abbey
Barking Abbey is a former royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
Bayswater Road
Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park in London.
Bigod's rebellion
Bigod's rebellion of January 1537 was an armed rebellion by English Catholics in Cumberland and Westmorland against King Henry VIII of England and the English Parliament.
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Birmingham Gazette
The Birmingham Gazette, known for much of its existence as Aris's Birmingham Gazette, was a newspaper that was published and circulated in Birmingham, England, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
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Bond Street station
Bond Street is an interchange station in Mayfair, in the West End of London for London Underground and Elizabeth line services.
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Bowbearer
In Old English law, a Bowbearer was an under-officer of the forest who looked after all manner of trespass on vert or venison, and who attached, or caused to be attached, the offenders, in the feudal Court of Attachment.
Brian O'Rourke
Sir Brian O'Rourke (Sir Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc; c. 1540 – 1591) was first king and then lord of West Breifne in Ireland from 1566 until his execution in 1591. He reigned during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of Ireland and his rule was marked by English encroachments on his lands.
Brown ale
Brown ale is a style of beer with a dark amber or brown colour.
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Carthusian Martyrs of London
The Carthusian Martyrs of London were the monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in the City of London who were put to death by the English state in a period lasting from the 4 May 1535 until the 20 September 1537.
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Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard (– 13 February 1542) was Queen of England from July 1540 until November 1541 as the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.
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Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (also spelt as Katherine, historical Spanish: Catharina, now: Catalina; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States designed to serve the Catholic Church.
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Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679.
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Chamberlain (office)
A chamberlain (Medieval Latin: cambellanus or cambrerius, with charge of treasury camerarius) is a senior royal official in charge of managing a royal household.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury.
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Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Tyburn and Charing Cross are areas of London, execution sites in England and London crime history.
Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Cheapside
Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, England, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road.
City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world. Tyburn and city of London are areas of London.
City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England.
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City Press (London)
City Press was a British newspaper published during the 19th and early-20th centuries by W H & L Collingridge Ltd.
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Claude Duval
Claude Du Vall (or Duval) (164321 January 1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England.
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London, England. Tyburn and Clerkenwell are areas of London.
Connaught Square
Connaught Square in London, England, was the first square of city houses to be built in Bayswater.
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Cornish rebellion of 1497
The Cornish rebellion of 1497 (Cornish: Rebellyans Kernow), also known as the First Cornish rebellion, was a popular uprising in the Kingdom of England, which began in Cornwall and culminated with the Battle of Deptford Bridge near London on 17 June 1497.
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Courtesan
A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele.
Dick Turpin
Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.
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Dissection
Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.
Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
Dunbar
Dunbar is a town on the North Sea coast in East Lothian in the south-east of Scotland, approximately east of Edinburgh and from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Edgware Road
Edgware Road is a major road in London, England.
Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 15401 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr.
Edward Dun
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.
Edward Francis Rimbault
Edward Francis Rimbault (13 June 1816 – 26 September 1876) was a British organist, musicologist, book collector and author.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Alienòr d'Aquitània,, Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II.
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Elizabeth Barton
Elizabeth Barton (1506 – 20 April 1534), known as "The Nun of Kent", "The Holy Maid of London", "The Holy Maid of Kent" and later "The Mad Maid of Kent", was an English Catholic nun.
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Elizabeth Brownrigg
Elizabeth Brownrigg (c. 1720 – 14 September 1767) was an 18th-century English murderer. Tyburn and Elizabeth Brownrigg are London crime history.
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Eucharist
The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.
Euphemism
A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant.
Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St.
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.
Forest of Bowland
The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells and formerly the Chase of Bowland, is an area of gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire, England, with a small part in North Yorkshire (however roughly half of the area falls into the area of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire).
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Francis Bigod
Sir Francis Bigod (4 October 1507 – 2 June 1537; also spelled Bigot, Bygod, Bygott, Bygate) was an English nobleman who was the leader of Bigod's Rebellion.
Francis Dereham
Francis Dereham (c. 1506/09 – executed) was a Tudor courtier whose involvement with Henry VIII's fifth Queen, Catherine Howard, in her youth, prior to engagement with the king, was eventually found out and led to his arrest.
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Fulletby
Fulletby is a village and a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
Gallows
A gallows (or less precisely scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended or "weighed".
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, (28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts.
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George Walter Thornbury
George Walter Thornbury (13 November 1828 – 11 June 1876) was an English author.
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Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare
Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525 – 16 November 1585), also known as the "Wizard Earl" (a sobriquet also given to Henry Percy), was an Irish peer.
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God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
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Grafton, Worcestershire
Grafton is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England, situated between the villages of Beckford and Ashton under Hill, south-east of Bredon Hill.
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Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west.
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Hanged, drawn and quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272).
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Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.
Hawkhurst Gang
The Hawkhurst Gang was a notorious criminal organisation involved in smuggling throughout southeast England from 1735 until 1749.
Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton (baptised 3 November 1611; died 26 November 1651) was an English general in the Parliamentarian army during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and a son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.
Henry IV of England
Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.
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Henry Oxburgh
Henry Oxburgh (died 1716) was an Irish soldier and Jacobite who was one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1715 in England.
Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509.
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
Highwayman
A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers.
Horsemonger Lane Gaol
Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as the Surrey County Gaol or the New Gaol) was a prison close to present-day Newington Causeway in Southwark, south London.
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Humphrey Arundell
Humphrey Arundell (c. 1513 – 27 January 1550) of Helland in Cornwall, was the leader of Cornish forces in the Prayer Book Rebellion early in the reign of King Edward VI.
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Humphrey Stafford (died 1486)
Sir Humphrey Stafford (c. 1427 – 8 July 1486) of Grafton Manor in Worcestershire, was an English nobleman who took part in the War of the Roses on the Yorkist side.
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Hundred (county division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.
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Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is a, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London.
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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.
Jack Hall (thief)
Jack Hall (around 1673/7 – 17 December 1707) was an English thief.
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Jack Ketch
John Ketch (died November 1686), generally known as Jack Ketch, was an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II.
Jack Sheppard
John "Jack" Sheppard (4 March 1702 – 16 November 1724), or "Honest Jack", was a notorious English thief and prison escapee of early 18th-century London.
Jacobite rising of 1715
The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Bliadhna Sheumais; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts.
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Jacobitism
Jacobitism was a political movement that supported the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.
James Hackman
James Hackman (baptized 13 December 1752, hanged 19 April 1779), briefly Rector of Wiveton in Norfolk, was the man who murdered Martha Ray, singer and mistress of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
James MacLaine
"Captain" James Maclaine (occasionally "Maclean", "MacLean", or "Maclane") (1724 – 3 October 1750) was an Irish man of a respectable presbyterian family who had a brief but notorious career as a mounted highwayman in London with his accomplice William Plunkett.
James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
Jane Voss
Jane Voss alias Jane Roberts (d. 1684), was an English highwayrobber and thief.
John Adams (Catholic martyr)
John Adams (ca. 1543 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr.
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John Austin (highwayman)
John Austin (died 7 November 1783) was an English footpad who became the last person to be hanged at the Tyburn gallows just outside London.
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John Bradshaw (judge)
John Bradshaw (12 July 1602–31 October 1659) was an English jurist.
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John de Sandford
John de Sandford (died 2 October 1294) was Archbishop of Dublin.
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John Felton (assassin)
John Felton (– 29 November 1628) was an English military officer who assassinated George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by stabbing him to death in the Greyhound Pub at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628.
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John Houghton (martyr)
John Houghton, OCart (c. 1486 – 4 May 1535) was a Catholic priest of the Carthusian order and the first martyr to die as a result of the Act of Supremacy by King Henry VIII of England.
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John Lowe (martyr)
John Lowe (1553–1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr.
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten.
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John Price (executioner)
John Price (c. 1677 – 31 May 1718) was an English hangman who was himself hanged for murder.
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John Rann
John Rann (c. 1750 – 30 November 1774) was an English criminal and highwayman during the mid-18th century.
John Southworth (martyr)
John Southworth (Lancashire, England - 28 June 1654, Tyburn, London) was an English Catholic martyr. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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John Story (martyr)
John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament.
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Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.
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Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English.
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Laughton, East Sussex
Laughton is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.
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Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (18 August 1720 – 5 May 1760) was an English nobleman, notable for being the last peer to be hanged, following his conviction for murdering his steward.
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Lisson Grove
Lisson Grove is a street and district in the City of Westminster, West London. Tyburn and Lisson Grove are areas of London.
List of last words
A person's last words, their final articulated words stated prior to death or as death approaches, are often recorded because of the decedent's fame, but sometimes because of interest in the statement itself.
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List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom.
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London Charterhouse
The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Farringdon, London, dating back to the 14th century.
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Ludgate Hill
Ludgate Hill is a street and surrounding area, on a small hill in the City of London, England.
Manorialism
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.
Marble Arch
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England.
Martha Ray
Martha Ray (1746 – 7 April 1779) was a British singer of the Georgian era.
Martyr
A martyr (mártys, 'witness' stem, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.
Marylebone
Marylebone (usually, also) is an area in London, England and is located in the City of Westminster. Tyburn and Marylebone are areas of London.
Mazer (drinking vessel)
A mazer is a special type of wooden drinking vessel, a wide cup or shallow bowl without handles, with a broad flat foot and a knob or boss in the centre of the inside, known technically as the "print" or "boss".
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Michael An Gof
Michael Joseph (died 27 June 1497), better known as Michael An Gof, was one of the leaders of the Cornish rebellion of 1497, along with Thomas Flamank.
Middlesex
Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.
Newgate
Newgate was one of the historic seven gates of the London Wall around the City of London and one of the six which date back to Roman times.
Newgate Prison
Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall.
Notes and Queries
Notes and Queries, also styled Notes & Queries, is a long-running quarterly scholarly journal that publishes short articles related to "English language and literature, lexicography, history, and scholarly antiquarianism".
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Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
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Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot.
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Ordinary of Newgate's Account
The Ordinary of Newgate's Account was a sister publication of the Old Bailey's Proceedings, regularly published from 1676 to 1772 and containing biographies and last dying speeches of the prisoners executed at Tyburn during that period.
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Organized crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.
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Ossulstone
Ossulstone is an obsolete subdivision (hundred) covering 26.4% of – and the most metropolitan part – of the historic county of Middlesex, England. Tyburn and Ossulstone are history of the City of Westminster.
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.
Paskah Rose
Paskah Rose (died 28 May 1686), also known as Pascha Rose, was an English executioner briefly during 1686, successor to Jack Ketch.
Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck (1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower".
Peter Cunningham (British writer)
Peter Nicolas Cunningham (1 April 1816 – 18 May 1869) was a British writer born in London, son of the Scottish author Allan Cunningham and his wife Jean (née Walker, 1791–1866).
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Peter Wright (Jesuit)
Peter Wright (1603 – 19 May 1651) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Philip Powell (martyr)
Philip Powell (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594 – 30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy.
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Pickpocketing
Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim's pocket without them noticing the theft at the time.
Pilgrimage of Grace
The Pilgrimage of Grace was a popular revolt beginning in Yorkshire in October 1536, before spreading to other parts of Northern England including Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham and north Lancashire, under the leadership of Robert Aske.
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Posthumous execution
Posthumous execution is the ritual or ceremonial mutilation of an already dead body as a punishment.
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Prayer Book Rebellion
The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rising was a popular revolt in Cornwall and Devon in 1549.
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Pretender
A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government.
Priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.
Primacy of Ireland
The Primacy of Ireland belongs to the diocesan bishop of the Irish diocese with highest precedence.
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Princes in the Tower
The Princes in the Tower refers to the mystery of the fate of the deposed King Edward V of England and his younger brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, heirs to the throne of King Edward IV of England.
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Prior (ecclesiastical)
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders.
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Ralph Sherwin
Ralph Sherwin (25 October 1550 – 1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic priest, executed in 1581.
Richard Challoner
Richard Challoner (29 September 1691 – 12 January 1781) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the London District during the greater part of the 18th century, and as Titular Bishop of Doberus.
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Richard III of England
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.
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River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
River Tyburn
The River Tyburn was a stream (bourn) in London, England.
River Westbourne
The Westbourne or Kilburn, also known as the Ranelagh Sewer, is a culverted small River Thames tributary in London, rising in Hampstead and Brondesbury Park and which as a drain unites and flows southward through Kilburn and Bayswater (west end of Paddington) to skirt underneath the east of Hyde Park's Serpentine lake then through central Chelsea under Sloane Square.
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Robert Constable
Sir Robert Constable (– 6 July 1537) was a member of the English Tudor gentry.
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Robert Dibdale
Robert Dibdale (or Debdale) (ca. 1556 – 8 October 1586) was an English Catholic priest and martyr.
Robert Hubert
Robert Hubert (– 27 October 1666) was a watchmaker from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London.
Robert Southwell (priest)
Robert Southwell, SJ (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595), also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order.
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Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher Lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville.
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Roundel
A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol.
Sam Hall (song)
"Sam Hall" is an English folk song about a unrepentant criminal condemned to death (Roud Folk Song Index number 369) for robbing the rich to feed the poor.
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Sheriff of the City of London
Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City livery companies.
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Smithfield, London
Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England. Tyburn and Smithfield, London are areas of London, execution sites in England and London crime history.
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A socialite is a person usually from a wealthy or aristocratic background who is prominent in high society.
Somerset Herald
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.
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Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. Tyburn and Southwark are areas of London.
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, lit) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
St Giles, London
St Giles is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Camden. Tyburn and St Giles, London are areas of London.
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St Mary-le-Bow
The Church of St Mary-le-Bow is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, England.
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
Holy Sepulchre London, formerly and in some official uses Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate, is the largest Anglican parish church in the City of London.
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Stamford Mercury
The Stamford Mercury (also the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and the Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, claims to be "Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title", although this is disputed by Berrow's Worcester Journal which was established in 1690.
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Strong ale
Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% abv and often higher, between 7 and 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale, barley wine, and Burton ale.
Surrey
Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.
The Angel, St Giles High Street
The Angel is a historic public house and former coaching inn on St Giles High Street, in the St Giles district of the West End of London.
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Thomas Browne (died 1460)
Sir Thomas Browne (140220 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
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Thomas Culpeper
Thomas Culpeper (– 10 December 1541) was an English courtier and close friend of Henry VIII, and was related to two of his queens, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
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Thomas Derrick
Thomas Derrick was an English executioner c. 1608.
Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre
Thomas Fiennes, 9th Baron Dacre (– 1541) was an English nobleman notable for his conviction and execution for murder.
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Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (1513 – 3 February 1537), also known as Silken Thomas (Irish: Tomás an tSíoda), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish history.
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Thomas Flamank
Thomas Flamank (died 27 June 1497) was a lawyer and former MP from Cornwall, who together with Michael An Gof led the Cornish rebellion of 1497, a protest against taxes imposed by Henry VII of England.
Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace)
Sir Thomas Percy (c. 1504 – 2 June 1537) was a participant in the 1537 Bigod's Rebellion in the aftermath of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Catholic uprising against King Henry VIII.
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Thomas Trahern
Thomas Trahern (died 25 November 1542) was Somerset Herald, an English officer of arms.
Tower Hill
Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Tyburn and Tower Hill are areas of London and execution sites in England.
Traffic island
A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channels traffic.
Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.
Tyburn Brook
Tyburn Brook was a small tributary stream to the West Bourne or Westbourne and ran mainly in Hyde Park for a few hundred metres south by south-west.
Vandalism
Vandalism is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.
Wear
Wear is the damaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces.
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England. Tyburn and Westminster Abbey are history of the City of Westminster.
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William Chaloner
William Chaloner (1650 – 22 March 1699) was a serial counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster, who was imprisoned in Newgate Prison several times and eventually proven guilty of high treason by Sir Isaac Newton, Warden of the Royal Mint.
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William Fitz Osbert
William Fitz Osbert or William with the long beard (died 1196) was a citizen of London who took up the role of "the advocate of the poor" in a popular uprising in the spring of 1196.
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William Hogarth
William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art.
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William Marvell
William Marvell was an English executioner in the eighteenth century.
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William Spiggot
William Spiggot (also spelled Spigget) was a highwayman who was captured by Jonathan Wild's men in 1721.
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See also
Execution sites in England
- Bow, London
- Caxton Gibbet
- Charing Cross
- Execution Dock
- HM Prison Manchester
- HM Prison Pentonville
- HM Prison Shepton Mallet
- HM Prison Wandsworth
- Halifax Gibbet
- Kett's Oak
- Knavesmire
- Lincoln's Inn Fields
- Old Palace Yard
- Smithfield, London
- St Giles Circus
- Tower Green
- Tower Hill
- Tyburn
- Walkington Wold burials
London crime history
- Adam (murder victim)
- Alf White (gangster)
- Anthony Hardy
- Catherine Hayes (murderer)
- Charing Cross
- Cock Lane ghost
- Dennis Nilsen
- Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
- Edwin Bush
- Elizabeth Brownrigg
- Execution Dock
- Frederick Seddon
- George Joseph Smith
- Gordon Cummins
- HM Prison Pentonville
- Hackney siege
- Ham bank murder
- Hammersmith Ghost murder case
- Hammersmith nude murders
- Harry Edward Vickers
- Hawley Harvey Crippen
- Jack the Ripper
- Joey Pyle
- John Christie (serial killer)
- Kenneth Halliwell
- Kray twins
- London Monster
- Murder of Vera Page
- Old Palace Yard
- Ratcliff Highway murders
- Ronald True
- Ruth Ellis
- Shepherd's Bush murders
- Siege of Sidney Street
- Smithfield, London
- Stratton Brothers case
- Thomas Neill Cream
- Tottenham Outrage
- Tower of London
- Towpath murders
- Tyburn
- Whipping Tom
- Whitechapel murders
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyburn
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