List of People Convicted of High Treason in England Before 1 May 1707 - Chronological List

Chronological List

1283

• Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales

1305

• William Wallace

1495

• Sir William Stanley

1499

• Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
• Perkin Warbeck

1521

• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

1535

• Thomas More, Lord Chancellor

1536 - Anne Boleyn, etc.

• Anne Boleyn, Queen
• George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
• Sir William Brereton
• Mark Smeaton
• Sir Henry Norris
• Sir Francis Weston

1537 - Pilgrimage of Grace

• Sir Robert Aske

1541 - Catherine Howard, etc.

• Catherine Howard, Queen
• Thomas Culpeper
• Francis Dereham

1549 - Kett's Rebellion

Persons convicted for their involvement in Kett's Rebellion:

• Robert Kett

1553

Jane Grey, etc.

• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
• Lady Jane Grey

1554 - Wyatt's Rebellion

• William Thomas
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

1572 - Ridolfi plot

See Ridolfi plot:

• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

1586 - Babington plot

Fourteen individuals were executed for their involvement in the Babington plot. Person convicted include:

• Sir Anthony Babington
• Mary, Queen of Scots
• Chidiock Tichborne

1601 - Essex Rebellion

• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
• Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

1603 - Main plot

Persons convicted for their involvement in the Main Plot include:

• Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
• Thomas Grey, 15th Baron Grey de Wilton
• Sir Walter Raleigh, executed 1618

1605 - Gunpowder plot

• Guy Fawkes
• Thomas Wintour or Winter

1649

• Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland

Regicides of Charles I

See List of regicides of Charles I

Tonge plot

1680 - Popish Plot

Persons implicated in the alleged Popish Plot:

• William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

1683 - Rye House Plot

Those convicted in relation to the Rye House Plot include:

• William Russell, Lord Russell
• Elizabeth Gaunt

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