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The Environs of London
… The cucking-stool was an instrument of punishment for scolds and unquiet women. It seems to have been much in use …
Langford Parish: Little Faringdon
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
A History of the County of Stafford
… 'shamed', were to leave the city on pain of imprisonment. Scolds were to be warned in the name of the guild, and if …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1485 and was used to punish harlots as well as scolds. 301 In the early 18th century it was customary to set …