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A History of the County of Oxford
… provided him with red and blue livery: his duties included whipping vagrants, impounding strays, and minimal scavenging, … sent some to the house of correction at Witney. 12 Whipping was a common punishment for minor pilfering, and … were mentioned in 1519, and stocks, a pillory, and a whipping post stood in Market Place near the High Cross in …