Corporal punishment

Stocks

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

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

Redirected to cucking stool.

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

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

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

Redirected to scold’s bridle.

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

Redirected to ducking stool.

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