A total of 35 people were brought to trial at the Old Bailey in London for their role in the Pentrich rising . As Brandreth and two others , William Turner and Isaac Ludlam , were convicted of High Treason , they were sentenced to death . The punishment for treason , which was still on the statute books , was execution by being hanged , drawn and quartered ( it would not be abolished until Forfeiture Act 1870 ) . However , in keeping with the changing times , the quartering ( ie the living dissection of the condemned person ) was commuted by the George , the Prince Regent . Brandreth 's and the other 's executions took place outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol in Southwark on 7 November 1817 . After they were hanged until dead , the three men 's heads were cut off with an axe . When Brandreth 's head was shown to the crowd and they did not cheer to the announcement that they were being shown the head of a traitor , the mounted cavalry were said to be prepared to charge at the first signs of trouble ( in August 1819 , 15 people were killed by local Yeomanry at the infamous Peterloo Massacre in Manchester ) . The board that was used to hold the bodies during the beheading is kept in Derby Museum
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Jeremiah Brandreth