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The Keeper Of The Heads - History's Most BRUTAL Job?

During the Medieval and Tudor periods, thousands of people were executed for crimes within England. Henry VIII, the notorious Tudor King who even ordered the deaths of two of his wives executed 70,000 people inside of his Kingdom. But two of the most brutal execution methods used were hanging, drawing and quartering and also beheading by axe or sword. After these punishments in London, many of the heads of the condemned and executed were taken to one of London's busiest places, London Bridge. Old London Bridge today does not stand, and the modern replacement stands in it's place. But over London Bridge, the heads of hundreds of criminals and people sentenced to death for treason were displayed high up in the air. Each day, thousands of people would pass over London Bridge and would see the heads of the executed high up in the air. The heads on London Bridge were looked after by a man who's job it was to display them and to make sure they were displayed well. This man was known as the Keeper of the Heads, and he would also bring heads down from display, and once they had been picked at by the birds and gulls, they would be thrown into the River Thames. The Keeper of the Heads then put the next head on the pike high up in the sky. His job in preparing the heads for display makes his job one of History's most brutal and horrific. Some famous people who's head was placed on London Bridge include, Sir Thomas More, Bishop John Fisher and Thomas Cromwell. Join us today as we look at, 'The Keeper Of The Heads - History's Most BRUTAL Job?' To support our channel, please make sure to subscribe.