Anne Boleyn's head was cut off. Shooting was not much used in those days as a means of execution, it was mainly beheading, except when it was hanging, drawing and quartering, which was much more drawn-out and painful.

The conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot were executed, most commonly by hanging, drawing, and quartering. This punishment was meant to be severe and serve as a deterrent to others. The ringleader, Guy Fawkes, was one of those executed.

1. A sketch or other piece of artwork usually done in pencil, chalk or charcoal.

2. Pulling a gun out of a holster.

3. Part of the torture/ execution "hanging, drawing and quartering" which involves pulling out someone's guts.

4. Making a sketch or other drawing

5. Getting water out of a well.

6. Of a ship, how deep in the water it sits.

7. Pulling metal into a wire.

8. Moving in relation to another as in "drawing near", "drawing even" etc.

hanging,drawing and quartering

The victim was first hanged until nearly unconscious but not dead, then cut down from the gibbet and disembowelled - the organs were usually burnt in front of him. Finally, he was beheaded and his body hacked into four (quartering).

The same punishment as treason. Drawing and quartering, burning at the stake, etc. Sometimes more creative