Lefley had been convicted of murdering her 59-year-old husband William by putting arsenic in his rice pudding at their home in Wrangle. She had to be dragged to the gallows screaming "murder, murder!" and struggling with the warders. (26 May 1884)
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Wednesday 9th of February 1555 (-) — Churchman, Anglican Bishop, Protestant reformer and martyr John Hooper is executed by burning at the stake. Hooper was condemned for heresy by Bishop Gardiner and degraded by Bishop Bonner on 29 January 1555.