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William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450

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Punishments -- Beheading

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William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments -- Beheading

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1864
Topics
Punishment & torture
Decapitations
Suffolk, William de la Pole, Duke of, 1396-1450
Boats -- England -- Dover -- 1450-1459
Daggers & swords -- 1450-1459
Executions -- England -- Dover -- 1450-1459
Ships -- England -- Dover -- 1450-1459
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Notes
Content: Printed on border: "… crew, ("a knave of Ireland,") telling him that he should be fairly dealt with, took a rusty sword and hacked off his head with four or five strokes. The body was taken ashore, and laid upon the sands at Dover …"
Source note: A chronicle of England, B. C. 55-A. D. 1485. Longmans, 1864) Doyle, James E. (James Edmund) (1822-1892), Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17252184
Barcode: 33333159444633
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0305f6f0-c562-012f-6d85-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1864: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1864. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cfa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cfa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1864). William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1cfa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at sea, 1450