Execution of Lord John de Vere

Tower of London - Tower Hill - Execution of Lord John de Vere
On 26 February 1462 Oxford was executed on Tower Hill, by disembowelment, castration and burning. Then he was buried in the church of the Austin Friars, London.
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (23 April 1408 – 26 February 1462), was the son of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (1385? – 15 February 1417), and his second wife, Alice Sergeaux (1386–1452) . A Lancastrian loyalist during the latter part of his life, he was convicted of high treason