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Old and New London
… lords of the Council and Church, after which the wearied executioner threw him from the ladder, suffering him to hang …
Old and New London
… ExecutionAndrew Marvell's Lines on the OccasionWho was the Executioner of Charles I.?The Actual Scene of the … shame." A question has often been asked, who was the executioner of Charles I.? We do not mean, who were the men … was then commonly believed; but that the real name of the executioner was Gregory Brandon; that this man had worn a …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… it round his neck, they made the drop shorter. When the executioner withdrew the bolt, he of course ought to have …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… there is also a lieutenant to the provost marshal, an executioner and an asssistant. The three regiments of horse …