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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… House next thought fit to go upon the Business of Admiral Whetstone's convoying the Russia-Fleet last Summer, and his … Onslow, Chairman of the Committee, desir'd them to go on. Whetstone, who commanded the Russia-Convoy, and rose to a …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… of Bedeford. Condemned to stand on the pillory with a whetstone round his neck as a token of his being a liar ( in … p. 211. Vide supra, 117. 'Memorials,' pp. 430-2. As to a whetstone being used as an emblem of a liar, see 'Cal. …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Courts in the City, he was condemned to the pillory with a whetstone hung from his neck. This sentence was afterwards …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… "smythe," condemned to the pillory and to have a whetstone hung from his neck for spreading false reports …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… his name to civic documents of a public character. A whetstone, at that time a recog nized emblem of a liar. See …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… aged seven years. Condemned to the pillory with a whetstone hung about his neck, &c. 36 Folio ccxx. Eleccio …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… there with him 23 Condemned to stand on the pillory with a whetstone hung from his neck, in token of his being a liar. …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… Blakeney, "shetilmaker," condemned to the pillory with a whetstone about his neck for pretending to be a hermit and …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… and ordered to stand on the pillory with the scroll and a whetstone round his neck, and a urinal ( urinale) hung in …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… liars, he was condemned to stand on the pillory with a whetstone ( agupiere) hung from his neck by a chain in token … (pp. 315-16), where the proceedings are set out, the whetstone was "marked with the words 'A false liar,' " an interpretation scarcely warranted. A whetstone was well understood as the emblem of a liar, …