List of people executed in Smithfield

Wat Tyler's death

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.

Traitors

People charged with and convicted of treason (or high treason):

Heretics

John Badby's death, burned in a barrel (from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1563)

People charged with and convicted of heresy:

Others

References

  1. Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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