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He puts my feet in the stocks, he watches all my paths. [3] The stocks were employed by civil and military authorities from medieval to early modern times including Colonial America. Public punishment in the stocks was a common occurrence from around 1500 until at least 1748. [4]
The 17th-century perjurer Titus Oates in a pillory. 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 renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse. [1]
In St Helen's Church, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 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. [1]
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One such refinement was to make the two halves of the stick of different lengths. The longer part was called stock and was given to the stock holder, [5] which had advanced money (or other items) to the receiver. The shorter portion of the stick was called foil and was given to the party which had received the funds or goods. Using this ...
The queens, knights, advisors, trumpeters and squires of Buena Park's Medieval Times strike as shows and utensil-free dinners continue with replacement workers.