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Antiques Roadshow guest shocked by the value of his grizzly family heirloom - but he believes selling the collection would be a 'travesty'

Related Topics: Antiques Roadshow, James Stanley

An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to discover his gruesome family heirloom was worth a staggering five-figure sum.

During Sunday's show set at Sefton Park in Liverpool, the repeat episode from last summer, unearthed some shocking antiques - including a collection of items previously belonging to an executed Earl.

The life of James Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby, came to a grizzly end after he was accused of treason following the Battle of Worcester.

Despite support from Oliver Cromwell in his appeal to Parliament, he was later beheaded in Churchgate, Bolton on October 15, 1651.