page_title: List of people who were beheaded
section_title: England
hierarchical_section_title: List of people who were beheaded / England
caption_attribution_description: The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, on 8 February 1587 at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England.
context_page_description: The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended.
  These individuals lost their heads intentionally. A list of people who were decapitated accidentally, including animal-related deaths, can be found at List of people who were decapitated.
context_section_description: Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (1076) – executed at Winchester by order of William I for taking part in the Revolt of the Earls
  Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales (1283) – hanged, drawn and quartered in Shrewsbury by Edward I for treason
  William Wallace (1305) – Scottish resistance fighter, hanged, drawn and quartered by Edward I
  Piers Gaveston (1312) – executed near Warwick by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster in the Baron's Revolt
  Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster – Lord High Steward (1322) – executed at Pontefract Castle by Edward II of England
  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1326) – executed at Hereford by Queen Isabella, Regent for Edward III
  Hugh Despenser the Younger (1326) – hanged, drawn and quartered by order of Queen Isabella
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent – Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports (1330) – executed at Winchester by Queen Isabella, Regent for Edward III
  Sir Robert Hales – Lord High Treasurer (1381) – executed at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
  Simon of Sudbury – Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London (1381) – executed at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
  Richard Lyons – London merchant and financier (1381) – beheaded in London by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
  Sir John Cavendish – Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1381) – executed in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
  Wat Tyler (1381) – beheaded in London by order of the Lord Mayor of London during the Peasants' Revolt
  John Ball (1381) – hanged, drawn and quartered at St Albans after the Peasants Revolt
  Sir Simon de Burley, KG (1388) – executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II of England
  John de Beauchamp (1388) – executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II of England
  Sir John Emsley (1388) – executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II of England
  Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, KG (1397) – executed at Tower Hill by order of Richard II of England
  William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Sir John Bussy and Sir Henry Green (1399) – executed in Bristol Castle by the Duke of Hereford (soon to be Henry IV of England)
  Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (1400) – executed at Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
  Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (1400) – executed at Bristol by order of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
  John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, KG – Lord Great Chamberlain and Justice of Chester (1400) – executed at Pleshey Castle, Essex by order of Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford, with the approval of her son-in-law Henry IV, for the Epiphany Rising
  John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, KG (1400) – executed at Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
  Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, KG – Earl Marshal (1400) – executed at Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
  Sir Benard Brocas (1400) – beheaded at Tyburn during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
  Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1403) – executed by order of Henry IV (Hanged, drawn and quartered)
  Sir David Walsh (1403) – executed by order of Henry IV (Hanged, drawn and quartered)
  Danney Parsons (1403) – executed by order of Henry IV (Hanged, drawn and quartered)
  Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk – Earl Marshal (1405) – executed at York by order of Henry IV for treason
  Richard le Scrope Archbishop of York (1405) – executed at York by order of Henry IV for treason
  Sir William de Plumpton (1405) – executed by order of Henry IV for treason
  Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1415) – executed at Southampton by order of Henry V of England for his involvement in the Southampton Plot
  Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, KG (1415) – executed at Southampton by order of Henry V of England for his involvement in the Southampton Plot
  William de la Pole (1450) – beheaded at sea, possibly by order of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
  James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
caption: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1587
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