http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_and_quarteringTo all people to lazy to read an article.
In Britain, they would
1. Dragged on a hurdle (a wooden frame) to the place of execution.
2. Hanged[1] by the neck, but removed before death (hanged).
3. Disembowelled, and the genitalia and entrails burned before the victim's eyes; the heart was the last to be removed and was then shown to the victim before the entrails were burned (drawn)
4. Beheaded and the body divided into four parts (quartered).
And France even weirder yet....
1. The regicide [personal note- person who killed a king] would be first tortured with red-hot pincers
2. Then the hand with which the crime was committed would be burnt with sulphur and molten lead and wax and boiling oil poured into the wounds.
3. The quartering would be accomplished by the attachment of the victim's limbs to horses, who would then tear them away from the body.
4. Finally, the often still-living torso would be burnt
Cheeky Britains.....