Alice Arden
Alice Arden | |
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| Born | c. 1516 |
| Died | 1551 (aged 35) Canterbury, Kent |
| Nationality | English |
| Criminal charge | Petty treason (murder of a man by his wife) |
| Criminal penalty | Death by burning |
| Spouse | Thomas Arden |
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Alice Arden (c. 1516–1551) was an English murderer. She was the daughter of John Brigandine and Alice Squire, and step-daughter of Sir Edward North, later Lord North. She conspired to have her husband, Thomas Arden of Faversham, murdered so she could carry on with a long-term affair with a tailor, Richard Moseby. The murder took place on 14 February 1551. She was tried, convicted, and burnt at the stake for her part in the murder.