When the Countess of Salisbury was executed here for treason, the executioner needed 11 chops!
... in 1483, 
Anne Boleyn on the 19th of May 1536, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury on 
the 28th of... [DOC] [TLE] Beheading by Sword, Axe and Rope - Execution: A History Of ... [PAR] Roger Mortimer then ordered an ordinary soldier to chop off the duke's head, but 
he ...