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Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… and 1care not how 1 die, whether by the hand of the Executioner, or the madness and fury of the People; if that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… At Whowell's Farm, near the northern boundary, dwelt the executioner of Lord Derby in 1651. 13 The moor was inclosed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… that the people were sympathetic instead of hostile. The executioner, named Whewell, was a farmer of the district. 84 …
Calendar of Treasury books
… Peter Dean, one of the executioners, and Rowell, the other executioner; and to Math. Turner, a bailiff, who attended all …
Cardiff Records
… over the Block, and when he stretched out his hands, the Executioner severed his head from his body at one blow." …
Old and New London
… was going to a place where he might be dried. . . . The executioner took both the doctor's hat and wig off at the … origin of the name "Jack Ketch," as applied to the public executioner, is thus explained in Lloyd's MS. Collection of … the name Jack Ketch as a corruption." But the work of the executioner was sufficiently artistic to admit of degrees of …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… his mother was put to death at the hands of the public executioner, with great disgrace and cruelty, an indignity to …