BEHEADED
Death by beheaded was usually for crimes that involved killing another human being. This was a longer suffering than execution from hanging. The victim would be placed on a block like this:
The punishment took several swings to cut the head off of the body, but execution did not end here. Following execution, the severed head was held up by the executioner by pulling the hair. It was seen as showing the head the faces of the crowd and its own body. It was unknown at the time but people believed that killing by beheading was not immediate. Consciousness remains for at least eight seconds after beheading until lack of oxygen causes unconsciousness, and eventually death. This punishment continued for Elizabethan traitors where the heads were placed on stakes and displayed in public places such as the London Bridge.