87

DROWNING 95

BURNING TO DEATH 98

BOILING TO DEATH 106

BEHEADING 108

THE HALIFAX GIBBET 118

THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN 128

MUTILATION 134

BRANDING 138

THE PILLORY 143

PUNISHING AUTHORS AND BURNING BOOKS 159

FINGER PILLORY 171

THE JOUGS 176

THE STOCKS 186

THE DRUNKARD'S CLOAK 201

WHIPPING AND WHIPPING-POSTS 209

PUBLIC PENANCE 227

THE REPENTANCE STOOL 239

THE DUCKING-STOOL 243

THE BRANK, OR SCOLD'S BRIDLE 276

RIDING THE STANG 299

INDEX 307

Preface.

About twenty-five years ago I commenced investigating the history of
obsolete punishments, and the result of my studies first appeared in the
newspapers and magazines. In 1881 was issued "Punishments in the Olden
Time," and in 1890 was published "Old Time Punishments": both works were
well received by the press and the public, quickly passing out of print,
and are not now easily obtainable. I contributed in 1894 to the Rev.
Canon Erskine Clarke's popular monthly, the _Parish Magazine_, a series
of papers entitled "Public Punishments of the Past." The foregoing have
been made the foundation of the present volume; in nearly every instance
I have re-written the articles, and provided additional chapters. This
work is given to the public as my final production on this subject, and
I trust it may receive a welcome similar to that accorded to my other
books, and throw fresh light on some of the lesser known byways of
history.

WILLIAM ANDREWS.

THE HULL PRESS,
_August 11th, 1898._

Bygone Punishments.

Hanging.

The usual mode of capital punishment in England for many centuries has
been, and still is, hanging. Other means of execution have been
exercised, but none have been so general as death at the hands of the
hangman. In the Middle Ages every town, abbey, and nearly all the more
importan