Execution of Silken Thomas 1537

#OnThisDay 1537 Silken Thomas Fitzgerald & his five uncles were hanged, drawn & quartered at Tyburn, London. Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord Grey personally guaranteed Thomas’s safety & life would be spared if he surrendered in 1535. Thomas died, aged 24.

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