Alice Lisle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1617 |
| Died | September 2, 1685 (aged 67–68) Winchester, England |
| Burial place | Ellingham, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | John Lisle |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | Thomas Tipping (Brother-in-law) |
Alice, Lady Lisle (September 1617 – 2 September 1685), commonly known as Alicia Lisle or Dame Alice Lyle,[1] was a landed lady of the English county of Hampshire, who was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. While she seems to have leaned to Royalism, she combined this with a decided sympathy for religious dissent. She is known to history as Lady Lisle although she has no claim to the title; her husband was a member of the "Other House" created by Oliver Cromwell and "titles" deriving from that fact were often used after the Restoration.
She is the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England.[2]