5. Alice Glaston, Age 11 – Crime Unknown
English common law provided for the execution of prisoners as young as 7. Alice is likely the youngest English girl to be executed when she was hanged in 1545 at the age of 11. Little is known about Alice Gaston and her execution.
While her burial was noted by Sir Thomas Butler, vicar of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, her actual crime has been lost to history. In October 2014, writer Paul Evans released “The Spirit Child,” a speculative supernatural radio play fictionalizing the events leading to her execution, according to Wikipedia.
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