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Six Impossible Episodes: Prison Breaks

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Jacobite Risings

William commanded a group of gentlemen volunteers, and after the battle of preston, he was one of almost 15 hundred jacobites taken prisoner. On february ninth, he was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. First winifred was determined to get him released. She bribed the guards at the tower of london, where william was being held, to allow him to receive visitors and gifts. And she visited him repeatedly, often with the company of other women. This was all part of a ruse meant to be overheard by the guards. To knew exactly where cecilia was. We have covered the jacobite risings on the show

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