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Category Archives: Corporal punishment

Home / Archive Category: Corporal punishment

Stocks

Mar 26, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Device used to publicly humiliate those found guilty of minor offences.

Pillory

Mar 25, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Device used to publicly humiliate those found guilty of minor offences.

Stool of Repentance

Mar 23, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishmentRedirect

Redirected to cucking stool.

Cucking Stool

Mar 23, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Chair used as a punishment for those accused of offences such as drunkenness, sexual impropriety or dishonest trading.

Buttock Mail

Mar 22, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Fine payable to the ecclesiastical courts for the crime of fornication, as an alternative to a session on the stool of repentance.

Jougs

Mar 18, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Metal collar formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Scotland.

Branks

Mar 16, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishmentRedirect

Redirected to scold’s bridle.

Scold’s Bridle

Mar 16, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Device used to punish women whose language was considered to be unacceptable.

Jenny Pipes

Mar 15, 2023Eric CorbettCorporal punishmentRedirect

Redirected to ducking stool.

Ducking stool

Aug 5, 2022Eric CorbettCorporal punishment

Seesaw-like device for the punishment of disorderly women, scolds and dishonest tradesmen.

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