10 June - Execution by starvation

On this day in Tudor history, 10th June 1537, in the reign of King Henry VIII, two Carthusian monks died after being starved to death in prison. 

 

What had these monks done to deserve this awful fate?

 

Find out about them and their fellow Carthusian martyrs in this edition of  #TudorHistory Shorts. You can see this Tudor history short as a video here: https://youtu.be/XX-fq9ZYOjU

 

Here are more detailed videoson the Carthusian martyrs of Henry’s reign:

May 11 -Two Carthusian Monks - https://youtu.be/kFeYN34OA9M 

June 19 - More Carthusian monks meet their sad ends - https://youtu.be/kzzUWDkUdY8