The burning of Sir John Oldcastle in 1417
Abstract
Oldcastle, suspended by chains from gallows over a burning pyre, tended by executioners; a large crowd including soldiers, priests and monks, civilians encircling the scene; (lower L) a supervisor leading his horse (lower R) civilians standing outside a wattle fence .\ Horse, Throng, Friar\ Politics re: Oldcastle? cf. Falstaff