Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The history of London's Newgate Prison
London’s longest-running prison was home to high-profile criminals, common thieves and the condemned
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Six things you didn’t know about executions in London
London’s courts condemned more people to die than the rest of England, and six facts you may not know
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
London’s public executions
Hung, drawn and quartered. Beheaded, boiled or burned
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Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval
Thomas Kemp, Bishop of London (seal impression)
Late Medieval; mid-late 15th century
