Alice Glaston (c. 1533 – 1544) was an 11-year-old English girl from Little Wenlock who may have been hanged in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, under the reign of Henry VIII. The evidence surrounding how Alice met her death is provided from a single source and open to interpretation. The Cambrian Journal dated 1861 provides a transcription of local parish registers written by the vicar of Much Wenlock, Sir Thomas Butler in the 1500's.
Alice Glaston (c. 1533 – 1544) was an 11-year-old English girl from Little Wenlock who may have been hanged in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, under the reign of Henry VIII. The evidence surrounding how Alice met her death is provided from a single source and open to interpretation. The Cambrian Journal dated 1861 provides a transcription of local parish registers written by the vicar of Much Wenlock, Sir Thomas Butler in the 1500's.
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