Tyburn Gallows list of executions
Overview
(Incomplete?) list of executions conducted at the Tyburn gallows in England for the years 1731 and 1732. The list consists of three pages and a fragment; the list provides names, dates of execution, and sometimes the offense committed. The list notes that an experiment was made on a criminal in 1731: "pierce Tympanum and test hearing." The list may have been made for "Dr. Cotton"(?).
Dates
- Creation: for executions conducted in 1731-1732
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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History of Tyburn Gallows
The Tyburn gallows were located near a brook named Tye Bourne, which ran underneath Brook Street (at the junction of current Oxford Street and Park Lane in London, England). The Tyburn hanging tree was a site of execution in England as early as the 12th century, the first recorded execution taking place in 1196. A gallows was erected at the location in the 16th century, built to allow for the hanging of several individual felons at once. Specific days throughout the year were designated for hangings, and these were considered public holidays. These gallows remained in place until 1759, when a moving gallows were erected and the official site of execution moved to Newgate Prison. The site of the Tyburn gallows evolved into the present-day Speakers Corner, located in Hyde Park.
[Information retrieved from Johnson, Ben, "Tyburn Tree and Speakers Corner," https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Tyburn-Tree-Speakers-Corner/ (accessed 18 November 2020).]
Extent
1 folder ; Folder measures 22x37 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P326
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Maggs Bros Rare Books, June 27, 1966.
Processing Information
Former SC temporary call number: MS (Box) 38:36.
Former temporary collection name: Collection of 19th c. letters: Miscellaneous group of mainly English letters: mostly 19th c, some 20th c, a few 18th c.
- Title
- Guide to the Tyburn Gallows Collection
- Subtitle
- Tyburn Gallows list of executions
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1966. Finding aid encoded by mwh, 2020.
- Date
- 2020-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0307167253
- Preferred citation
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Tyburn Gallows list of executions, MS P326, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository