ed . ▁ ▁Chap u ys ▁wrote ▁two ▁weeks ▁after ▁the ▁execution ▁that ▁ 1 5 0 ▁witness es ▁had ▁been ▁present ▁including ▁the ▁Lord ▁Mayor ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁that , ▁" at ▁first , ▁when ▁the ▁sentence ▁of ▁death ▁was ▁made ▁known ▁to ▁her , ▁she ▁found ▁the ▁thing ▁very ▁strange , ▁not ▁knowing ▁of ▁what ▁crime ▁she ▁was ▁accused , ▁nor ▁how ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁sent enced " ▁and ▁that , ▁because ▁the ▁main ▁execution er ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁north ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁reb els , ▁the ▁execution ▁was ▁performed ▁by ▁" a ▁w retch ed ▁and ▁bl und ering ▁youth ▁who ▁literally ▁hack ed ▁her ▁head ▁and ▁shoulders ▁to ▁pieces ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁pit iful ▁manner ". ▁An ▁ap oc ry phal ▁account , ▁described ▁in ▁Bur ke ' s ▁Pe er age ▁as ▁an ▁in vention ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁app alling ▁circumstances ▁of ▁her ▁death , ▁states ▁that ▁Margaret ▁refused ▁to ▁lay ▁her ▁head ▁on ▁the ▁block , ▁decla im ing , ▁" So ▁should ▁tra itors ▁do , ▁and ▁I ▁am ▁none "; ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁account , ▁she ▁turned ▁her ▁head ▁" every ▁which ▁way ", ▁instruct ing ▁the ▁execution er ▁that , ▁if ▁he ▁wanted ▁her ▁head , ▁he ▁should ▁take ▁it ▁as ▁he ▁could . ▁Margaret ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁chap el ▁of ▁St . ▁Peter ▁ad ▁Vin cul a ▁within ▁the ▁Tower ▁of ▁London . ▁ ▁Her ▁son , ▁Regin ald ▁P ole , ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁" ne ver