Records of Buckinghamshire, Том 5James Pickburn, 1878 |
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... head and hands in a vice , and , whilst in this position , the crowd would pelt the unfortunate criminal with dirt and rotten eggs . The chief intention of setting a criminal in the pillory was that he should become infamous , and known ...
... head and hands in a vice , and , whilst in this position , the crowd would pelt the unfortunate criminal with dirt and rotten eggs . The chief intention of setting a criminal in the pillory was that he should become infamous , and known ...
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... heads to prevent them seeing , were embroidered with gold and pearls , and surmounted with birds of paradise . Each bird wore on his legs two little bells with his owner's crest upon them . These bells could be heard when the bird was ...
... heads to prevent them seeing , were embroidered with gold and pearls , and surmounted with birds of paradise . Each bird wore on his legs two little bells with his owner's crest upon them . These bells could be heard when the bird was ...
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... head- covering of the female can be called nothing else than a horned head - dress . Satirical writers of the period com- pare these head - dresses to wearing a gibbet on the head , or to the appearance of various kinds of the brute ...
... head- covering of the female can be called nothing else than a horned head - dress . Satirical writers of the period com- pare these head - dresses to wearing a gibbet on the head , or to the appearance of various kinds of the brute ...
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... head - dress , as it was actually worn . In the reign of Edward IV . the ladies ornamented their heads with certain rolls of linen pointed like steeples , generally half , and sometimes three - quarters of an ell in height . Some wore ...
... head - dress , as it was actually worn . In the reign of Edward IV . the ladies ornamented their heads with certain rolls of linen pointed like steeples , generally half , and sometimes three - quarters of an ell in height . Some wore ...
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... head and knife on the right , or west side ; and the umbo of a shield and the glass ornament , pl . ii , fig . 12 , between the thighs . This sword is two feet nine inches long and two inches broad . Close to the guard , and where the ...
... head and knife on the right , or west side ; and the umbo of a shield and the glass ornament , pl . ii , fig . 12 , between the thighs . This sword is two feet nine inches long and two inches broad . Close to the guard , and where the ...
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