Like most of the condemned, Lyle was beheaded and then quartered, her head displayed on a pike as the court moved from town to town.
During this event a woman named Elisabeth Gaunt was burned at the stake, though it was another woman, Alice Lyle, who was the first executed. Like most of the condemned, Lyle was beheaded and then quartered, her head displayed on a pike as the court moved from town to town. Of the thousand or more condemned, a large number were instead sent to the colonies for labor. Presided over by Lord Justice Jeffreys at the behest of James I to punish those suspected of supporting Monmouth's Rebellion, FTP name this series of violent show trials.
During this event a woman named Elisabeth Gaunt was burned at the stake, though it was another woman, Alice Lyle, who was the first executed.
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