seven conspirators be left hanging until they were 'quite dead' before being cut down and butchered. In popular culture Ballard was played by Tom Fleming in the film Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). In the 1972 BBC TV-miniseries Elizabeth R episode "Horrible Conspiracies," Ballard was portrayed by David Garfield. In the 1998 film Elizabeth he is portrayed by Daniel Craig. References Year of birth missing 1586 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge People executed under Elizabeth I by hanging, drawing and quartering People executed under the Tudors for treason against England Executed people from Suffolk People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury