sentences:  A large crowd (many hundreds) of the public gathered on the Saturday to witness the execution, which was held at the Cornhill (then called the Market Place) outside the Town Hall.Adjacent was the market building called the 'Shambles', a large timbered structure with an arcade around the ground floor, and with a balcony above from which public spectacles could be viewed.A large company, including most of the neighbouring justices, were assembled there, and the stake, broom and brushwood faggots were set up in the centre of the Cornhill.