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Hanging, drawing and quartering (view source)
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'''Hanging, drawing and quartering''' was imposed by [[English]] law on men who were convicted of High [[Treason]]. The punishment consisted of being hanged by the neck and taken down alive. Then the victim's genitals were cut off and his [[bowel]]s cut out and burned while he was still alive. Finally he was beheaded and his body cut into four parts.
In 1305, [[William Wallace]] suffered the punishment. In the 1500s, a total of 105 [[Catholic]] [[martyr]]s were hanged, drawn and quartered in [[London]] for failing to conform to [[Protestant]]ism.[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hdq.html] After the 1745 rebellion in [[Scotland]] the punishment was inflicted on many of the rebels. Many [[Irish]] rebels also suffered the punishment.[http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/723053.html] The punishment remained on the [[British]] statute books until 1870.
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In 1305, [[William Wallace]] suffered the punishment. In the 1500s, a total of 105 [[Catholic]] [[martyr]]s were hanged, drawn and quartered in [[London]] for failing to conform to [[Protestant]]ism.[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hdq.html] After the 1745 rebellion in [[Scotland]] the punishment was inflicted on many of the rebels. Many [[Irish]] rebels also suffered the punishment.[http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/723053.html] The punishment remained on the [[British]] statute books until 1870.
[[Category:Scotland]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Punishment]]