What Happened On August 14th
Wellcome Library, LondonA depiction of Mary Blandys execution. Francis Blandy of Henley-on-Thames, England, falls into a coma and dies after his daughter Mary poisons him with arsenic. Francis had disapproved of Marys relationship with William Cranstoun, a married man from Scotland, and Mary claimed that she believed the arsenic was a love potion that would