13. A Red-Hot Poker And A Ram's Horn Were Shoved Up The Backside Of King Edward II (1327)
Accounts differ as to exactly what instrument was used to kill King Edward II, but the method in all of them is the same - he had a red-hot poker and another long implement shoved up his anus. Having been deposed in a coup in order for his son, Edward III, to replace him on the throne, the King was imprisoned and moved to Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. It is believed Edward III was then mistreated and killed, allegedly by Sir John Maltravers of Dorset, who it is thought inserted both a red-hot poker and either a metal tube or a ram's horn up the backside of the King until he died in severe pain on September 21, 1327.
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