Burned to death

Burned to death is in Accident.

On 28th January 1069 Robert de Comines Earl Northumbria was burned to death in Durham, County Durham [Map] when a rebel army set fire to the house in which he was staying. All his men were killed. In retaliation King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 41] commenced the Harrying of the North.

On 1st January 1387 Charles "Bad" II King Navarre [aged 54] burned to death. His son Charles [aged 26] succeeded III King Navarre. Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort Navarre [aged 24] by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.

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On 6th June 1556 Thomas Harland of Woodmancote, near Henfield, Sussex, carpenter, John Oswald (or Oseward) of Woodmancote, husbandman, Thomas Reed of Ardingly, Sussex, and Thomas Avington (or Euington) of Ardingly, Sussex, turner, were burned to death for being Protestant.

On 22nd June 1557 Richard Woodman, George Stevens, Alexander Hosman, William Mainard, Thomasina Wood, Margery Morris, James Morris, Denis Burges, Ann Ashdon and Mary Groves were burned to death in front of the Star Inn, now Lewes Town Hall for being Protestants; the largest number of people burned at one time in England. The event is commemorated by the Sussex Bonfire Societies.

In April 1687 Thomas Egerton [aged 7] burned to death in the fire which destroyed Bridgewater House. He was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

In April 1687 Charles Egerton [aged 11] burned to death in the fire which destroyed Bridgewater House at Bridgwater House Barbican. He was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

On 30th January 1805 Mary Aston Lady Blount [aged 61] burned to death at her son's house.

On 25th January 1807 Mary Meredith Countess Ferrers burned to death at Coombe Bank Sunridge, Sevenoaks.

On 9th April 1815 Mary Hervey [aged 89] burned to death when her clothing caught fire.

On 1st July 1910 Maurice Raymond Gifford [aged 51] burned to death when his clothes, which he just before been cleaning with petrol, were set alight by a cigarette.