the last burning alive at the stake in england was in 1726.
the last burning alive at the stake in england was in 1726.
when was the last burning alive at the stake in england?
1726
a pamphlet detailing the burning in april 1652 of joan peterson, the so-called witch of wapping, also describes the execution of prudence lee, found guilty of mariticide. lee was apparently brought on foot, between two sheriff's officers and dressed in a red waistcoat, to the place of execution in smithfield. there she confessed to having "been a very lewd liver, and much given to cursing and swearing, for which the lord being offended with her, had suffered her to be brought to that untimely end". she admitted to being jealous of and arguing with her husband, and stabbing him with a knife. the executioner put her in a pitch barrel, tied her to the stake, placed the fuel and faggots around her and set them alight. lee was reported to have "desired all that were present to pray for her" and, feeling the flames, "shrike[d] out terribly some five or six several times." burning alive for murder was abolished in 1656, although burning for adultery remained. thereafter, out of mercy, the condemned were often strangled before the flames took hold. notable exceptions to this practice were the burnings in 1685 and 1726 of elizabeth gaunt, found guilty of high treason for her part in the rye house plot, and catherine hayes, for petty treason. hayes apparently "rent the air with her cries and lamentations" when the fire was lit too early, preventing the executioner from strangling her in time. she became the last woman in england to be burned alive.
burning of women in england
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