Diary of a Hangman

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If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading. A job that was not glamourous, but nevertheless very necessary, and came with benefits and risk as well.

John Ellis was Britain's executioner for 23 years, and in his time he hanged some of the most infamous murderers of all time. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .But it still puts what was perceived as high crime worthy of 16th Century capital punishment into perspective. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. The first sets the scene explaining what legal life was like in late medieval/early renaissance Germany and why the legal system worked how it did. Barthel Meussel, of Mehrenhüel, a murderer, who single handed committed two murders; the first at Bamberg at the mill-weir, when he stabbed a man and took his money, the other at Welckendorff on the mountains, when he cut the throat of a man who was sleeping with him on the straw in a shed, and took his money—beheaded at Hollfeld and exposed on the wheel. John Ellis (4 October 1874 – 20 September 1932) was a British executioner for 23 years, from 1901 to 1924.

When they were being led out, the Margrave’s wife wanted to see the poor sinners as they passed, and saw her own husband among them, whom she embraced and kissed, for she had not known her husband had been arrested, nor that he was a fellow of that sort.Some entries go straight to the point (one of the most common entries being "a thief hanged") and others much longer like entry 237 concerning a privy councillor named Nicholas von Gilgen. Also it's a bit odd having a cheesy American news anchor sounding man as the narrator for a book based in 16ths century Germany but hey ho.