{"slug": "tower-hill", "label": "Tower Hill", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hill", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499565", "qid": "Q499565", "description": "hill and neighbourhood in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1521, 1747], "span_label": ["1521 CE", "1747 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "archbishop-of-canterbury", "label": "Archbishop of Canterbury", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jacobitism", "label": "Jacobitism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "city-of-london", "label": "City of London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-cranmer", "label": "Thomas Cranmer", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason in Tower Hill.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#April–June", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the title of Queen of England for nine days, is convicted of high treason, along with her husband Lord Guilford Dudley, two of Dudley's brothers, and Thomas Cranmer, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, after trial conducted by a special commission at Guildhall in the City of London. Referred to by the court as \"Jane Dudley, wife of Guildford\", Lady Jane is found to have treacherously assumed the title and the power of the monarch of England, as evidenced by a number of documents she had signed as \"Jane the Quene\". All five defendants are sentenced to death. Beheading is the sentence for the men, while Lady Jane is to either be \"burned alive on Tower Hill or beheaded as the Queen pleases\", with the decision (for a private decapitation) to be made by Queen Mary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#October–December", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – The Earl of Essex becomes the first of the Essex's Rebellion participants to be executed. He is beheaded at Tower Hill. His co-conspirator, the Earl of Southampton, sentenced to death, but Queen Elizabeth commutes his penalty to life imprisonment; Southampton will be released two years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#January–March", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud is executed for treason on Tower Hill, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#January–March", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 15", "text": "July 15 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, is executed at Tower Hill, London, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369485499#July–September", "title": "1685", "revid": 1369485499, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat is beheaded at Tower Hill, London, for high treason. He was the last person in Britain to be beheaded, although beheading would not be formally abolished until more than 200 years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#April–June", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}