Thomas Barrie

[2] Barrie was an almsman at Donnington Hospital where he worked until he died, living in one of the institution's almshouses.

[2] This was around the time of the King's excommunication from the Catholic Church;[3] Henry did not die until nine years later.

[4] Though Barrie's rumours were supposedly well-sourced,[1] this was irrelevant as foretelling the monarch's death was counted as treason.

This punishment (also given to John Bastwick 100 years later[7]) involved nailing Barrie's ears to the pillory's frame on either side of the head hole.

[2][6] His earless ghost reportedly haunts the market place, moaning in agony.