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- This is probably the John Ward who was beheaded during the Civil War:"Three were afterwards executed at London and one at Durham, and these eight (apart from the Earl of Northumberland) were the only men of property or position who were put to death. Indeed it may be said that, with the single exception of the Earl of Northumberland, beheaded at York, 22nd August 1572, none of the real instigators of the rebellion were ever brought to justice. With the common people it was otherwise. They were hanged by scores in every town and village, not necessarily the most guilty, but an arbitrary number, " as the bigness of the place is " — the object being to terrorise the people. Several hundreds, at the lowest estimate, were hanged in sight of their homes, on the village greens and market-places in this district. And although there is reason to believe that the order was not in general carried out to its extreme limit, Bedale was dealt with with exceptional severity. The whole five appointed for execution, out of a total of thirty-one, were duly put to death, as appears from the diary of Sir George Bowes. Their names are Christofer Nyxson of Bedell, Thomas Dickenson of Ayskew, and Wylliam Harreson, John Warde, and Thomas Symondson, all of Craikall. Some human remains dug up near the entrance to the Rectory have been supposed to be the relics of these unfortunate men. "
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