of their trade. XXX Her severed head was despatched to London to be displayed as “The Head of Roger the Counterfeiter and Traitor” for twelve years until stolen by some drunks to use as a football! Why, oh why, did the Earl of Canonsford have to go off trying to ingratiate himself by fighting at the King’s side on the continent. He paused “only the King or a committee of Peers of the Realm can overturn the Judge’s sentence, so in the unfortunate absence of Earl Canonsford it must be carried out”. Then two of them tightly fastened his feet to the upper corners close to the rear of the horse, the other two grabbed his wrists stretching them as tightly as possible to be fastened at the lower corners.










