Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)

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Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains) refers to the London execution site where Oliver Cromwell’s exhumed body was symbolically executed and displayed after the Restoration.

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Tyburn 1
Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains) canonical 1
Tyburn, London 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
posthumous execution
symbolic execution
after Interregnum
surface form: English Interregnum

death of Oliver Cromwell
appliesToPart corpse of Oliver Cromwell
associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
Restoration of the monarchy
surface form: Restoration of the monarchy in England
category History of London
Oliver Cromwell
Posthumous executions
Restoration of the monarchy
surface form: Restoration of the English monarchy
consequence creation of a political warning to opponents of monarchy
posthumous infamy of Oliver Cromwell among royalists
country Kingdom of England
date 1661
documentedIn 17th-century English chronicles
later historical accounts of Oliver Cromwell
genre political spectacle
hasCause Restoration political retribution
hasPart display of Oliver Cromwell’s head
exhumation of Oliver Cromwell’s body
posthumous hanging of Oliver Cromwell’s remains
hasSubject Oliver Cromwell head (burial site)
surface form: Oliver Cromwell’s remains
historicalPeriod Stuart period
surface form: Restoration era
legalContext attainder for high treason
locatedIn London, England
surface form: London
location Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tyburn
method exhumation from Westminster Abbey
public display of remains
motivatedBy desire to condemn regicide
royalist vengeance
notableFor being a rare example of posthumous execution of a national leader
use of a traditional execution site for symbolic purposes
partOf Restoration reprisals against regicides
performedBy English authorities at the Restoration
punishmentType hanging, drawing and quartering (symbolic)
relatedEvent posthumous execution of Henry Ireton
posthumous execution of John Bradshaw
relatedPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey

Whitehall
symbolizes rejection of the Commonwealth regime
restoration of royal authority
typeOf politically motivated punishment
underAuthorityOf Charles II of England

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Oliver Cromwell burialPlace Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)
Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains) location Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tyburn
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March deathPlace Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)
this entity surface form: Tyburn, London, Kingdom of England
Jack Sheppard placeOfDeath Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)
this entity surface form: Tyburn, London