Capital punishment in various forms has been used by the State as a means of punishment for millennia. However the first recoded execution took place at Tyburn in 1196 with the execution of William Fitz Osbern. Tyburn was a small village on the Middlesex borders close to the current location of Marble Arch, Oxford Street, London.
During the reign of King Henry VIII an estimated 72,000 people were executed, amongst them 2 of his wives, Katherine Howard and Ann Boleyn. The methods included beheading, hanging, boiling, burning at the stake and the method hung, drawn and quartered.
The Bloody Code, a List of Crimes Punishable by Death
Few countries at time had as many crimes that were punishable by death as the UK. The 'bloody code' listed approximately 220 crimes carrying the death sentence. The death sentence was levied for crimes such as being in the company of gypsies for a month, strong evidence of malice in a child aged 7-14 years, and the blacking of the face or wearing a disguise to commit a crime.
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