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List of people executed in Smithfield

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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

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

Heretics

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

People charged with and convicted of heresy:

References

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  1. ^ Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary