The BOTCHED Executions Of Tudor England

[@ChaiCrimes]

Henry the 8th must have made all the women in court panic, every time he became single.

[@amandajones6481]

He did! Apparently he asked a foreign princess to marry him, to which she replied "I would gladly marry the King of England (Henry VIII) if I had two heads, but alas I have only one, and I would feign keep it." You can't blame her, can you?

[@jenharkins6566]

@@amandajones6481 Christina, Duchess of Milan. After she turned him down Henry went for Anne of Cleves.

[@aprilgosa5779]

Chai Crimes you couldn't rebuff or refuse Henry's advances the only thing that saved Anne of Cleves was 1 he rejected her an maybe since he was getting older and poorly that is sure what saved Catherine Parr he had her arrested one night then when they came to collect her the next day he had forgotten because his memory was becoming crap and she begged and convinced him she was not disagreeing with but learning from him also I think Cleves and Parr like Catherine of Aragon came from a family that lets just say Henry didn't wanna make enemies with especially in his poor decline of health

[@ambreeniram2268]

Henry Viii, Mary and Elizabeth all three were cruel and merciless. No wonder their lives were always unsatisfactory and restless.

[@ursidia]

No worse than other monarchs of the time. And better than some. Elizabeth's reign was considered a golden age and culture flourished - Shakespeare for example.

[@hjahansouz]

Cromwell was responsible for Anne Boleyn’s execution, so his execution might have been karma.

[@phoebeelizaa]

100% agreed!

[@AmyDCools]

I agree 💯

[@Tsumami__]

Her husband was responsible, Cromwell just carried it out. Also karma is in the next life, he got comeuppance.

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

Ah balance as things should be, nah but he deserved it 100%

[@amandajones6481]

Oh come on!!! Henry VIII wanted to rid himself of Anne Boleyn because she didn't give him the son he wanted. All Thomas Cromwell did was carry out Henry's orders. You have to remember that ALL the men who were Henry's ministers were only there because Henry wanted them there. "Karma" did not come into it.

[@susandege321]

The Tudors were serial killers

[@jamiegormer1010]

All the monarchs of England have been serial killers up to the 19th century ,it's just you only hear about the Tudors ,

[@aprilgosa5779]

Susan D1ege Henry was yes

[@desireeorozco9686]

Not better or worse than anybody else during that time really

[@HabrenOdinsdottir]

Thanks!

[@tomcat4765]

It wasn't the Executioner who cut the ligaments in Mary Queen of Scots neck it was a man from the crowd who used his dagger to do it. Unknown to most people, the executioner in Tudor times was usually a criminal who had committed petty offences. He was given the choice of becoming an executioner or be hanged. Many who wanted to stay alive became an Executioner. Many Executioners became expert with the axe and built up a fan base, who would attend all of their executions.

[@HelgatheHorriblez]

Things are no better today- there have been many “issues” with executions.

[@yespls6260]

I am completely against the death penalty altogether and yes complications definitely happen with official state- ordered executions today. But things absolutely are better than this era at least in England and similar countries. Imagine going to your death being jeered by an audience with no respect for the fact that you are being put to death, then having to lay your own head on a chopping block so that it can be removed from your body.. or being burned alive.. Death penalties are barbaric, but especially in this very public and gruesome manner..

[@Westpark16]

@@yespls6260 I am also And get what you are saying but truly in 500 years we are really not all that different There are still witnesses, the entire thing is a spectacle. Imagine they psychological torture of solitary confinement 15 years, stays and delays, filling out your will, final phone call. Having your head shaved and a wet sponge put on your head? That was ten years ago? Driven 40 miles in a van? As in Texas? How about the people that do this ? Strap people to a gurney? Stick iIVs in someone's arm? My god..100 years from now people will think we were barbarians. I do now...

[@KimberlySays...]

They burned alive!? And the baby too!? I cant even imagine the horror!! 😥

[@pamelarangel7104]

I know. It's so incredibly sad.😔

[@chenwang5968]

and all together too...i cant imagine how horrifying it must have been, to see your own sister and mother being burned and blackened and screaming

[@spiralrose]

The baby was retrieved but then order to be thrown in. Why in gods name, I don’t know.

[@WickedFelina]

Efficient Executioners! Wow I was worried about stepping into this time machine to return to Tudor England! Now I can surely & peacefully rest my head🍃🌹

[@joncunningham237]

"Being an executioner was a public offence" - I think you mean 'public office'! 🙂

[@sadem1045]

The Plantaganets were my ancestors. It's heartbreaking to think that a literal family member of mine was murdered by Henry VIII.

[@sadem1045]

@Jeffrey Suggs I learned last night that Henry VIII was also a Plantaganet. That means he killed at least three members of his family (including the 2 wives).

[@sadem1045]

@Spencer York Not all of the Tudors were like him and Mary

[@Jenifer_G]

Mine too and I feel the same way. Be Bourge line.

[@spiralrose]

There are tons of people who come on these comments under anything about English history claiming the same thing

[@sadem1045]

@@spiralrose That's nice. I have documentation proving my ancestry, dude.

[@teachasse6114]

Sickening. These people were sadists

[@HabrenOdinsdottir]

And we aren't now?

[@codename495]

You misspelled “ humans” These people were humans.

[@HabrenOdinsdottir]

@@codename495 I think I get the joke but, idk.

[@chiasanzes9770]

Most humans are. Wake up.

[@HabrenOdinsdottir]

@The S Word Boo to you

[@graciesbailey9739]

I can’t be the only one that had a genuine interest in Tudor executions? And executions in general

[@robertalpy9422]

An axe doesn't do its work by being sharp like a Longsword would. It need only be whetted once a year. Here in the northeast a good woodcutting axe is made of black iron tapered to a sharp steel edge. It has a three and a half foot to four foot handle which has a slight curve to increase the leverage as you guide the business end down. As you raise the axe above your head you slide your strong arm up till it is just below the axe head. This whole time you never take your eyes off the spot you wish to split. You then use the axes weight to swing it down to the target the whole while sliding your good hand down the haft while never taking your eyes off the spot. When your hands touch the axe will be in the block and the head will be on the groun@

[@Jenifer_G]

Bloody Mary, what about Bloody Elizabeth, her treatment of Catholics. Do research. The whole Tudor family were killers, really ordinary people propped up like Gods. Its about time the monarcy was dismantled. Its only a magazine seller.

[@robertalpy9422]

@@Jenifer_G Lady I'm catholic. No arguments here. Mary being called bloody when she executed the least number of subjects other than her catholic grandfather Henry vii is a sick protestant joke that only heretics get. In fact Richard iii was the last legitimate king as a plantagenet. All monarchs since are shady usurper and heretics. I was only explaining the correct way to behead someone with an axe which is simple but not something that comes naturally without practice. Beheading with a sword any child could do.

[@Jenifer_G]

@@robertalpy9422 Robert, interesting reply. Yes my mothers side goes back to Robert De Bourge, half brother of Norman king. Alls interesting about that line, I would like to know mote about the Plantanagist line.

[@britishprofessor9957]

They are the same British who lecture to others

[@TheCleric42]

70,000 executions over Henry VIII’s 40 year reign works out to 4.8 executions per day. You’d think his executioners would have gotten plenty of practice.

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

Fuck yeah I wanna hear about botched executions from that long ago. Say no more fam

[@t.r.luxx1311]

Would Anne Askew's execution be considered botched? She was burned alive but someone paid the executioner to attach a necklace with a sac of gun powder to her so it would quicken the death if I remember correctly? The whole burning alive and waiting for the flames to be tall enough to reach the necklace would've taken a bit of time and basically killing her via explosion of the chest cavity sounds pretty awful....

[@leemday5731]

When they turn the pages of history when these day's seem long time ago will they read of us with sadness of the seeds that we let grow ,we turn are gaze to the castle's in the distance ,eyes cast down the path of least resistance ....Rush fair well to kings 1977

[@witeraw]

In Cromwell's defense, he did not turn on Anne for no reason. She was criticizing his policies and threatened to have his head removed. I too would act against someone who threatened me

[@kevinbergin9971]

5:45 Well where else is an executioner, in training, going to get the experience?

[@aprilgosa5779]

I bet Cromwell thought to himself I framed an innocent woman not to mention her brother and other men for outrageous and ridiculous charges to ensure she along with the brother and others would be executed (Murdered ). So Henry would have her out of his way so he could marry Jane whom he thinks can give him the boy he wants! And this is this is how he repays me!!!!!!!!!!

[@shelleydaly1726]

Ah Jack Ketch, the Frank Spencer of the executioners

[@daviddavey1727]

The shape of that axe blade probably had something to do with botching the job! It should have a broader curved face and bite.

[@aprilgosa5779]

Henry was the one who framed and execute wives who had his 3 year old child Anne and Elizabeth or banished them Catherine of Aragon) and his girls (Mary) out of each others lives he was the tyrant and yes Cromwell was the fixer of all this but Henry had the power to stop it and save Anne but he did not want to

[@aprilgosa5779]

I said Henry should have been up next to Cromwell but at the end of the day God had more in mind for Henry and his misdeeds!

[@maryfenton958]

BARBARIANS! 😣

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

WORSE! Royals! Plus back then that's how it was then that was how they lived.

[@joshuaowens4011]

nope, no Mary and Elizabeth were victims.