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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London’s dark public execution history in 5 objects
A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Who was publicly executed in London?
Thirteen tales of the cooks, rebels, bankers and king who died in front of a watching crowd
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Jack the Ripper
How the murders of five women birthed an infamous East End crime story
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Saxon & Medieval
Saxon & Medieval
Thomas Kemp, Bishop of London (seal impression)
Late Medieval; mid-late 15th century