[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  ArchaeoHistories [@histories_arch](/creator/twitter/histories_arch) on x 233.1K followers Created: 2025-07-22 08:17:20 UTC Alice Arden: the murderess who shocked Tudor England - Alice Arden wanted more from life than a boring husband and a cold Tudor bed. She was the wife of Thomas Arden, a respectable gentleman of Faversham, Kent. But Alice had fallen in love with another man, Richard Mosby, a tailor with a better touch in bed than at the needle. And in 1551, she decided that she was done with being discreet. She wanted her lover, her house, her freedom. So she killed her husband. Well, they killed him... Alice orchestrated one of the most convoluted, idiotic and horrifyingly persistent murder plots in Tudor England. First, she and Mosby tried to poison Thomas. The poison tasted strange, so he didn’t drink it. Next, they hired professional killers. They chickened out. Then they tried to poison him again. It failed. They even tried a fake brawl in London. Finally, they did what they should have done from the beginning if they wanted results (and I say this not as advice, but to emphasize the horror): they stabbed him in his own home, in his own chair, while he warmed himself by the fire. Eight people helped with the murder. It was a bloodbath. And that wasn’t even the stupidest part. They tried to hide the body in a snowy field just beyond the garden wall. Exceptit left a trail of blood in the snow. The next morning, Thomas Arden’s body was found, the blood led right back to the house, and the servants were already whispering. Within days, the whole murderous plot unraveled like a badly sewn hose. Alice Arden was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. As the crime was classified as petty treason : a wife killing her husband she was burned at the stake. Her execution was public and brutal. And yet, her story refused to die. The murder became so infamous it was turned into a play: Arden of Faversham, published in 1592. Some scholars even think Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing parts of it. The story was retold, embellished, and printed again and again. Even today, you can visit the house where the murder took place : Arden’s House still stands in Faversham. Alice Arden didn’t get away with murder. But she made sure no one forgot she tried. 📷 : A 16th Century AD, in XXX Women (📷© Amy Licence) #archaeohistories  XXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/histories_arch/status/1947571652583428263)
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Alice Arden: the murderess who shocked Tudor England -
Alice Arden wanted more from life than a boring husband and a cold Tudor bed. She was the wife of Thomas Arden, a respectable gentleman of Faversham, Kent. But Alice had fallen in love with another man, Richard Mosby, a tailor with a better touch in bed than at the needle. And in 1551, she decided that she was done with being discreet. She wanted her lover, her house, her freedom.
So she killed her husband. Well, they killed him...
Alice orchestrated one of the most convoluted, idiotic and horrifyingly persistent murder plots in Tudor England. First, she and Mosby tried to poison Thomas. The poison tasted strange, so he didn’t drink it. Next, they hired professional killers. They chickened out. Then they tried to poison him again. It failed. They even tried a fake brawl in London.
Finally, they did what they should have done from the beginning if they wanted results (and I say this not as advice, but to emphasize the horror): they stabbed him in his own home, in his own chair, while he warmed himself by the fire. Eight people helped with the murder. It was a bloodbath.
And that wasn’t even the stupidest part. They tried to hide the body in a snowy field just beyond the garden wall. Exceptit left a trail of blood in the snow.
The next morning, Thomas Arden’s body was found, the blood led right back to the house, and the servants were already whispering. Within days, the whole murderous plot unraveled like a badly sewn hose.
Alice Arden was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. As the crime was classified as petty treason : a wife killing her husband she was burned at the stake. Her execution was public and brutal. And yet, her story refused to die. The murder became so infamous it was turned into a play: Arden of Faversham, published in 1592.
Some scholars even think Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing parts of it. The story was retold, embellished, and printed again and again. Even today, you can visit the house where the murder took place : Arden’s House still stands in Faversham. Alice Arden didn’t get away with murder. But she made sure no one forgot she tried.
📷 : A 16th Century AD, in XXX Women (📷© Amy Licence)
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