- The
pillory is a
device made of a
wooden or
metal framework erected on a post, with
holes for
securing the head and hands, used
during the
medieval and...
- A
finger pillory is a
style of
restraint where the
fingers are held in a
wooden block,
using an L-shaped hole to keep the
knuckle bent
inside the block...
- ears as an act of
physical punishment. It was
performed along with the
pillorying or
immobilisation in the stocks, and
sometimes alongside punishments such...
- and his
Parliament who had the
statue erected here in 1675. A
prominent pillory,
where malefactors were
publicly flogged,
stood alongside for centuries...
-
including the
first Carthusian Martyrs, were
executed and many more
pilloried. The most
prominent resisters included John Fisher,
Bishop of Rochester...
- term and
pillory in 1732
after giving false information to the courts, from
which he
benefited financially. He was
killed while in the
pillory by Edward...
-
Spanish technique of
torture for
crushing the toes and
fingers by
means of
pillories and wedges.[better source needed] The only
writer to
comment in detail...
- A drunkard's
cloak was a type of
pillory used in
various jurisdictions to
punish miscreants. The drunkard's
cloak was
actually a barrel, into the top...
-
angled blade suspended at the top. The
condemned person is
secured with a
pillory at the
bottom of the frame,
holding the
position of the neck
directly below...
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Pillory Street is a
large curved corner block in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, in the
French Baroque style of the late 17th century,
which is listed...
