The tower of London was one of the worst prisons in history. The Tower housed many criminals and many murders and torturous activities were practised in the Tower.

Many were the deaths in the Majesty's Tower of London.

YEAR	PERSON	REASON	DETAILS
1196	FITZOSBERT William	Protesting against the taxation levied for the rescue of Richard I.	Hanged in chains.
1226	HERLISUN John	murder of Lambert Leglis	pardoned henry the 8th
1540	Lord GREY Leonard Viscount Grane	High treason in Ireland.	Beheaded on Tower Hill in 1541.
1586	SAVAGE John	Babington conspirator.	Hanged, drawn and quartered on 20 Sept 1586
1586	BABINGTON Anthony	Involvement in the Plot to murder the Queen and proclaim May, Queen of Scots.	Hanged, drawn and quartered at Lincoln's Inn Fields on 20 Sept 1586.
1615	WESTON Richard	Administering poison to Overbury.	confessed and was hanged at Tyburn.
1671	OVERSKELDT Daniel van	Suspected Dutch Spy.	An exchange prisoner in 1674.
1615	Mrs Anne Turner	Supplying poison to those responsible for Overbury's death.	she was hanged at Tyburn in November 1615
1605	KEYES Robert	Involvement in the Gunpowder Plot.	Hanged at Old Palace Yard with Guy Fawkes.

These were taken from http://www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/prisoners/index.html. These are just some people that were prisoners in the tower of London. Most of them were hung or executed. You can also see why they were hung/executed.


Some people who were executed within the walls of the tower were:William le Marish, William Wallace, Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester,Henry VI, Edward V and Richard Duke of York,Clarence brother of Richard Duke of Gloucester and many, many more.