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Jack Ketch
(d. 1686)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Ketch, Jack, d. 1686
DNB:    Ketch [Catch], John [Jack] (d. 1686), public executioner
LBT ID: JaKetch1686    VIAF ID: 43261373    LOC ID: n85035380
DIED:   1686-11
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The common hangman of London during the reign of Charles II; among his better-known victims were Lord Russell and the Duke of Monmouth.
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