Famous Figures Executed in the Tower of London

Several well-known individuals were executed in the Tower of London:

• Anne Boleyn – Second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded May 19, 1536 (treason, witchcraft, adultery).
• Thomas Cromwell – Chief minister to Henry VIII, beheaded July 28, 1540 (treason).
• Catherine Howard – Fifth wife of Henry VIII, beheaded February 13, 1542 (treason, adultery).
• Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury – Last Plantagenet, beheaded May 27, 1541 (treason).
• Jane Grey – Nine-day queen, beheaded February 12, 1554 (treason).
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex – Favorite of Elizabeth I, beheaded February 25, 1601 (treason).
• Guy Fawkes – Gunpowder Plot member, executed January 31, 1606.
• Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford – Advisor to Charles I, beheaded May 12, 1641 (treason).