Dear jmh: I appreciate your very interesting information, but am shedding great big tears
that you did not mention the "stickiest end of all", namely, that of Edward III, about whom
Cap K posted a Latin paragraph a long time ago, which said he had a red hot poker inserted
through his anus into his rectum. Brewer repeats allegation that his queen personally
supervised this. I have been unable to confirm this, and doubt that the queen would have
wanted to risk opprobrium sure to be attached to this horrid act, though she may well have
privately found it fitting punishment for his msdeeds. Can you find reliable information
about this? I have looked diligently but could find none. I think the queen had gone back
to France before it happened.

Edit: I went back and searched again, and found a bunch of sites that said it was Edward II
who was murdered by red hot poker. Dear jmh, I beg you, find us the real history of this.