http://eotd.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/16-july-1546-anne-askew/ a year in the life of death Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://eotd.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/16-july-1546-anne-askew/#comment-2614 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:45:06 +0000 http://eotd.wordpress.com/?p=889#comment-2614 Actually, not exactly true. She was burned at the stake, yes, but she had a bag of gunpowder placed around her neck – whether one of the ladies of court bribed the executioner (as depicted in the series “the tudors”) or as more widely historically known, on orders of the king himself. The reports state that it exploded almost instantly. At most 5 minutes after the fire was lit. Still horrid, but with a quicker, and rather sudden end.

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