Elizabeth Broadingham

Elizabeth Broadingham (died 20 March 1776) was a British murderer. She was executed in 1776 with her lover for the murder of her husband in York. Her husband was considered to be her social superior so she was one of the last women to be burned at the stake (after being killed).

Life Broadingham's early life is unrecorded. She was living with her husband, John Broadingham, in Flamborough when he was convicted for smuggling. While he was serving his sentence she started an adulterous relationship with a man called Thomas Aikney. John Broadingham completed his sentence, but by this time his wife was living with Thomas Aikney in Lincolnshire.

Elizabeth and Thomas were arrested and tried and both were sentenced to death even though Elizabeth was just an accomplice. The key evidence was the knife which was identified as belonging to Thomas. Elizabeth was convicted of killing her social superior making the crime not murder but petty treason. For this reason she was not only strangled on 20 March but her body was burned at the stake at a place called Tyburn in York. She is regarded as infamous.

The place where she and several other notable people died is Tyburn in York.