London's worst executioner was scared of his own axe! Jack Ketch was great at being a butcher but not so great as an executioner. He performed two of the worst executions during the 1600's and his name became synonymous with incompetence. But why was he so awful at his job and who forced him to carry out the profession?

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Sources

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-executioner-life.html

https://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/macaulay/england/monmouth.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyHkFIX6Z0o&t=185

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Scott,_1st_Duchess_of_Buccleuch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

http://www.executedtoday.com/2014/07/21/1683-lord-russell-whig-martyr/

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