List of people executed in Smithfield

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.

Wat Tyler's death

Traitors

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

"I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject."[1][2]

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. Solis, Gary (2010). The law of armed conflict: international humanitarian law in war. Cambridge University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-521-87088-7.
  2. Goldstone, Richard; Smith, Adam (2009). International Judicial Institutions (Global Institutions). Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-415-77645-5.
  3. Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary
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