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Thomas Derrick (fl. 1596 – c. 1610) was an English executioner during the Elizabethan Era. [1]Derrick served as a sailor in the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Spanish war and under the command of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, he took part in the capture of Cádiz.
The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).
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The punishment died out in the 18th century and was so unfamiliar by 1800 that when the then governor of Trinidad, Sir Thomas Picton, ordered Luisa Calderon, a woman of European and African ancestry to be so punished, he was accused by public opinion in England of inflicting a torture akin to impalement.
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The Buggery Act 1533, formally An Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie (25 Hen. 8. c. c. 6), was an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed during the reign of Henry VIII .
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