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Wat Tyler's death

Smithfield was one of the most important locations for public executions in the medieval and modern City of London. The following people were among those executed there.

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)
See also: List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation

People charged with and convicted of heresy:

References

  1. Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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