The BRUTAL Execution Of The Abbot Of Glastonbury Abbey

During the reign of King Henry VIII around 70,000 executions occurred his Kingdom in England. But one of the most shocking things that the notorious Tudor monarch did alongside his close advisor Thomas Cromwell was the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Cromwell and the King ordered the closure of thousands of monasteries, abbeys, monastic houses and religious houses and they then stole the land, buildings and wealth of these organisations. But there was one Abbey which was left standing, and that was Glastonbury Abbey. It was overseen and controlled by Abbot Richard Whiting who had been appointed by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

Glastonbury Abbey under Abbot Whiting was one of the most profitable in the country, and Cromwell attempted to shut it down a number of times but he could not find a reason to do so. But then Cromwell discovered allegedly evidence that found Abbot Richard Whiting guilty of treason and he was sent to the Tower of London. Richard Whiting was then taken to Glastonbury where he was briefly tried before he was sentenced to death. He was brutally hanged, drawn and quartered on Glastonbury Tor and was around the age of 80 when he was executed.

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