During the Tudor period, there were thousands of executions that took place across England. During Henry VIII's reign 70,000 people were killed inside of his Kingdom, including a number of high profile members of his government and his friends. But following the death of Henry VIII, his son Edward VI came onto the throne despite being just a young boy. A regency council was established to rule for the boy King until he became old enough, and this was overseen by Edward Seymour, the Lord Protector. But Edward had a very jealous brother who tried to bring him down.
Thomas Seymour was a villain, and he was a terrible person who tried to marry Princess Elizabeth despite a huge age gap, and also he had groomed her. Thomas Seymour plotted against his brother despite being the King being his nephew, and this all resulted in him attempting to kidnap Edward VI in the middle of the night. Thomas had also arranged to rebel against the King using the Navy, and he was arrested being imprisoned in the Tower of London. After this he was sentenced to death and was executed by axe on Tower Hill, but his execution did not go to plan.
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9 июл 2024
