Public Execution in England, 1573–1868, Part I Vol 2

Leigh Yetter

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040250938
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The execution narrative was a popular genre in early modern England. This facsimile edition draws together a representative selection of texts to show the evolution of the genre from the late sixteenth century to the end of public execution in England nearly 300 years later.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Contents Of The Edition
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The Confession, Obstinacy, and Ignorance, of Father Bell, a Romish Priest. Wherein is Declared, the Manner of his Tryall, Condemnation, and Execution (1643)
• The Confession of Thomas Pjts Who Was Execution in Smithfield on Saterday Last ... for Endeavouring to Betray Russell-Hall to the Enemy? (1644)
• The Last Speeches and Confession of the Lord Maguire: The Irish Rebell, that Was Hanged at Tyburne, and Drawne, and Quartered [1645]
• A True and Perfect Relation of the Tryall, Condemning, and Executing of the 24. Prisoners, Who Suffered for Severall Robberies and Burglaries at Tyburn (1649)
• The Last Speech of Col. Eusebius Andrews, Sometimes a Lawyer of Lincolns- Inne, at the Time of his Execution on the Scaffold at Tower-Hill (1650)
• A True Copy of Sir Henry Hide’s Speech on the Scaffold, Immediately before his Execution Before the Exchange (1650)
• The Failed Execution of Anne Greene
• The Speech and Confession of Capt. Brown-Bushel, at the place of Execution Together with the Manner of His Tryall; and the Articles and Charge Exhibited Against Him (1651)
• The Execution of Christopher Love
• The Speech of Collonel John Sares, Delivered at the Place of Execution ... With His Protestation that if He Had a Head of Hair as Big as Absolon, and Every Hair as Strong as Sampson, He Would Spend Them All for the Good and Honours of His King (1652)
• The Execution of Arthur Knight and Thomas Laret
• Hannam’s Last Farewell to the World: Being a Full and True Relation of the Notorious Life and Shameful Death of Mr. Richard Hannam, the Great Robber of England (1656)
• The Speech of Major John Harris at the Place of Execution (1660)
• A True and Perfect Relation of the Grand Traytors Execution, as at Severall Times They Were Drawn, Hang’d, and Quartered at Charing-crosse, and at Tiburne (1660)
• The Execution of John James
• The Traytors Pilgrimage from the Tower to Tyeburn: Being a True Relation of the Drawing of William Lord Manson, Sir Henry Mildmay, and Esquire Wallop (1662)
• The Speech of the Queene of Sluts. At her Execntion at Tyburne (1663)
• The Triumph of Truth in an Exact and Impartial Relation of Col. James Turner, which He Imparted to an Intimate Friend a Little Before His Execution [1664]
• Abraham Jennings, Digitus Dei, or an Horrid Murther Strangely Detected. Declaring the Suspicion, Apprehending, Appraignment, Tryal, Confession, and Execution of Richard Rogers (1664)
• Innocency Reprieved, or the Gardner at the Gallows... Being a True Narrative of a Strange and Admirable Passage of Gods Providence in the Reprieve of Thomas Rivers Gardner (1667)
• Gods Justice Against Murther, or The Bloudy Apprentice Executed [1668]
• The Cruel Mother; Being a True Relation of the Bloody Murther Committed by M. Cook, Upon Her Dearly Beloved Child (1670)
• A Dreadful Warning for Drunkards, or, the Execution and Confession of Fabian Price, a Souldier... As also of James Smith... With the Manner of Their Behaviour in Prison, and at the Places of Execution (1673)
• News from Tyburn, or, a Full Relation of the Confession and Execution of John Rendor, Charles Casby, William Pungly, Nathaniel Warden, Henry Milbourn, Francis Bennet, Ellen Bayly, James Woodsman (1674)
• Editorial Notes