11the Earl of Arundel and Earl of Surrey. Was beheaded at Cheapside in London.
On 12 July 1397 he was arrested for his opposition to Richard II,
[2] as well as plotting with Gloucester to imprison the king.
[10] He stood trial at
Westminster and was attainted.
[11] He was beheaded on 21 September 1397 and was buried in the church of the Augustin Friars, Bread Street,
London.
[2] Tradition holds that his final words were said to the executioner, "Torment me not long, strike off my head in one blow".
[12] In October of 1400, the
attainder was reversed, and Richard's son Thomas succeeded to his father's estates and honors.
[2]