the trial ranked highly as a public spectacle, and there are records of up to 10 shillings being paid for entry. four of the plotters were executed in st. paul's churchyard on 30 january. on 31 january, fawkes, winter and a number of others implicated in the conspiracy were taken to old palace yard in westminster, in front of the scene of the intended crime, where they were to be hanged, drawn and quartered.