Picture No | 10411811 |
Date | 1579 |
Description | Stubbs punished for sedition |
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John Stubbs, having been tried and convicted of seditious writing, receives his punishment of having his right hand cut off. He had written a pamphlet arguing the case against the proposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth to the Catholic Francois, Duke of Anjou, brother of the French king.
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Source | Unattributed engraving |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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