Editing Avengers - Tower of London (section)

===TOWER GREEN AND SCAFFOLD SITE===
: Only seven executions took place on the Tower Green, reserved for the most important prisoners. Others occurred outside the Tower¹s walls.
: In 1536 the gaoler (jailer) and others watched over Anne Boleyn¹s beheading.
: Boleyn, who had been one of the wives of King Henry VIII, requested a sword, believing it would be swifter than an ax. Smart choice: Many beheadings took more than one swing of the ax.
: There is a plaque showing the site of the scaffold used for the private executions on the Tower Green. Seven famous prisoners were executed here.  The private executions took place on the Tower Green within the walls of the Tower to avoid embarrassing the prisoner or the monarch. Normally, the executions took place outside on Tower Hill and were usually viewed by thousands of spectators.
: A plaque shows the names of those executed on the Tower Green along with the dates.