On a cold January 30, 1606, Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant, and Thomas Bates, were tied to hurdles (wooden panels) and dragged through the crowded streets of London to St Paul's Churchyard. Digby, the first to mount the scaffold, asked the spectators for forgiveness, and refused the attentions of a Protestant clergyman. He was stripped of his clothing, and wearing only a shirt, climbed the ladder to place his head through the noose.
Gunpowder Rebellion Conspirators' Execution, 1606
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