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Brandon, Richard

(d. 1649)

Basil Morgan

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3266

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Brandon, Richard (d. 1649), common hangman and probable executioner of Charles I, was the son of Gregory Brandon, whom he succeeded in the post of common hangman. His father was certainly hangman of London by 1611, when he was living in Rosemary Lane, Whitechapel...

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date: 25 February 2021

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