Smithfield, London personal signature of the Monarch), invariably upon ministerial recommendation, which if unexercised by the time of a Sovereign's death required renewed authority. In this case Queen Elizabeth did not approve the executions, thus freeing the Protestants. During the 16th century the Smithfield site was also the place of execution of swindlers and coin forgers, who were boiled to death in oil. By the 18th century the "Tyburn Tree" (near the present-day Marble Arch) became the main place for public executions in London. After 1785, executions were again moved, this time to the gates of Newgate prison, just to the south
St. Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda Corporation of Drogheda gave £300 in 1771, was built for the Church by John Snetzler in London. Five great bells were hung in the old church, and these were severely damaged or destroyed by Cromwell's forces. The new Georgian church had one bell until 1791, when a peal of eight bells was cast by John Rudhall and hung for change-ringing. Save for the tenor bell being recast in 1889 by John Taylor & Co (as the Rudhall foundry had closed in 1835), the original bells remain, and are rung twice a week. After an arson attack on the church in