dubdobdee | wiki-illiam #105: q5

i: Where did 13 go to the scaffold on Friday 13th?
ii: Who carried out the last public execution in Britain?
iii: Whose controversial execution by firing squad was alluded to by Voltaire?
iv: Which tailor, under sentence of death, was reprieved and elevated to Headsman?
v: Which sexagenarian was chased around the scaffold and needed 11 blows with the axe?
vi: Which teenager was hanged for rape and murder, but revived while being prepared for dissection in Surgeons' Hall?
vii: Who was burned alive, without prior garrotting, owing to bungling by the executioner?
viii: Which trooper's swollen purple throat and stark and staring eyes were mocked?
ix: How was the poisoner cook from John Fisher's household executed?
x: Who survived three attempts at hanging at Exeter?

The theme is immediately obvious -- which probably makes googling these not that hard, so hold back for people who know or half-know the relevant stories.