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Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire

Where Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded, and the castle was torn down.

Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in Fotheringhay Castle and tried here for plotting against Elizabeth I. On 8 February 1587 she was beheaded in the great hall.

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When
8 February 1587
Where
52.5250, -0.4410
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

The castle mound is open to walk on. Richard III was also born here.

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