Boiling mad Henry VIII
In 1532 Richard Roose, the Bishop of Rochester's cook, was the first person executed in England by being boiled alive -- one of an estimated 72,000 of Henry VIII's subjects executed during his reign -- says History Professor Bob Packett in today's "History According to Bob." Packett teaches at Maple Woods Community College, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Read entire article at Summa Historica "History According to Bob" 09/20/05