Rebels, Traitors and Turncoats of London

If you're a king or a queen, there's nothing quite like thinking up the most hideous form of execution for a traitor. What you need is: 1) a good plot against one's royal person, 2) a few instruments of extreme torture, and 3) a beheading or possibly some hanging, drawing and quartering. The choice is endless. London has played host to many traitors to the Crown - some bad, some just a bit misguided, some falsely accused - as well as rebels and turncoats who had to break the laws of their day to get a better life. Among many stories of rebellion, read about: The Gunpowder Plot; The execution of Charles I; The dim duke and his rubbish plots to seize the throne; The conspiracies against Elizabeth I; The grandmother of girl power; The riots for the right to vote. Why don't you decide who were villains and who were heroes?