Knives Drawn
Knives Drawn
When somone was hung, drawn, and quartered in pre-18th century England, were the intestines drawn out through ?
an incision in the stomach, or through the anus with a pair of hot pliars?
And also what type of knife was used to slice off the penis?
Here are some details. I would think just a long, sharp knife would be used. Or, perhaps, if the executioner were sadistic or the punishment very severe, a blunt knife might have been used.
Using his keenest knife, the executioner would then slit his belly open, exposing his intestines. With a couple of skilful cuts, these intestines would be detached from Richard's body, from the stomach to the anus, raised to the crowd, and cast into a fire. The hissing and popping of intestinal gases would have raised the crowd's glee to fever pitch.
http://www.strum.co.uk/twilight/hdq.htm
A large cut was made in the gut after removing the genitalia, and the intestines would be spooled out on a device that resembled a dough roller. Each piece of organ would be burned before the sufferer's eyes, and when he was completely disembowelled, his head would be cut off. The body would then be cut into four pieces, and the king would decide where they were to be displayed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hdq.html
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/BNMsFr2643FroissartFol97vExecHughDespenser.jpg/200px-BNMsFr2643FroissartFol97vExecHughDespenser.jpg
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/candp/punishment/g06/jpgs/g06cs2s5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/candp/punishment/g06/g06cs2s5.htm&usg=__nE9wwoHMMbP8CUslXwPju89oDrY=&h=345&w=450&sz=47&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=2gylijFGSCYH5M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhanging,%2Bdrawing,%2Bquartering%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/oldbailey/i/drawn%20and%20quartered.jpg
http://www.tomecek.com/jay/Quartering.gif
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