Bloody Queen Mary had her share of executions too. I guess they all did back then. Can you try to imagine what it was like back then?? I can not. Being a member of the court was a very risky business. If you sneezed the wrong way, and it upset the Queen or King, you could be put to death with a trumped up charge. It didnt matter that you were in Good Standing with them the day before. And the poor peasants... of which most of my family were...its a wonder any of us are here today! I have lots of family members who served time in English prisons for their Religious beliefs. Can you picture what it was like to go out on the streets lined with butchered bodies of those poor devils?? I would not have liked being in the city back then. It was a normal daily event. When was the last time any of us have ran across a dead human body hanging from a bridge or seen a head posted on the bridge by the "Law of the Land" We have to go back to our early roots for that. Its not been within our recent history here in America. Travel to third world country and you may still see this or in War it happens. Not since the days of the 1930s have we had such things here in America, have we?? Even then it was criminals who were out killing and hanging folks here. <In The reign of Henry VIII. (38 Years) It is said that no less a number than 72,000 criminals were executed. In the ten years between 1820 and 1830, there were executed in England alone 797 criminals. >