biography
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Ketch, Jack
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popular name of John Ketch
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?–1686)
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| biography:
| English hangman and headsman from about 1663. He was notorious for his barbarity and bungling, particularly the executions of Lord Russell (1683) and the Duke of Monmouth (1685, where he took eight strokes of the axe to complete the execution). His name became the popular term for a hangman. |
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