Red-hot irons in the anus are believed to have ended the lives of Edward 11 (1284-1327) and his Gascon Knight lover, Piers Gaveston (1284-1312). Called “beloved Perrot” by the King, Gaveston was executed at Blacklow Hill in Warwickshire. The deposed Edward was secretly murdered some years later by his wife Isabella at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. A written account by Thomas de la Moore reads: “while lying on his bed a plumber’s iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines.” His captors regarded the horrific murder an appropriate punishment for Edward’s homosexuality. It also showed no outward signs of his violent and horrific death. Isabella announced her husband died of natural causes. He was buried in Gloucester Cathedral where, later, Isabella and Edward’s son erected a magnificent tomb.
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14 Jan 1788 "(...) I must except two fellows who were guilty of an unnatural crime, and who were detected very soon after the ship was put in commission and were kept in irons upwards of a month and at last punished with a dozen lashes each, they were then put in one of the boats and an opportunity given them to desert which (in consequence of frequent broad hints that such a step would be highly satisfactory to the Officers) they accordingly did. This was a most disagreeable affair, there was no doubt of the fact as they themselves confessed, mutually accusing each other of enticing. Had I been Captain of the ship I would have turned them both ashore. (...)" ********************************************************************************* Highlight to read. ******************************************************************************************** about the Marquis de Sade: The next major scandal came in 1772. Sade and his manservant, Latour, procured two young women and fed them aniseed lollies dipped in Spanish fly extract. An orgy followed, where the Marquis indulged his taste for being anally penetrated, an office which Latour usually performed for his master. Foolishly, Sade fed them too many and the women became violently sick. The victims reported their adventures and investigations followed. Soon Sade and his servant Latour would be charged with poisoning. Both men fled to Italy. Meanwhile they were found guilty, Sade of poisoning and sodomy (which carried the death sentence, although it was very rarely carried out), Latour of sodomy.
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