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A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction over offences punishable by tumbrel (or ducking-stool) and pillory was theoretically reserved for the bishop, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… top, carved grotesque face, possibly 12th-century: small stool, with turned legs and ornamental rails, 17th-century. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… some of the great elms. 84 The stocks, pillory, cucking stool, and roofed cage were in the central streets, 85 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whipping was a common punishment for minor pilfering, and ducking of women, common in the early 17th century, was still … visit, and it was still in use in the 1760s. 37 A cucking stool, mentioned in 1519 and in the 17th century, 38 may have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… panelling, with a panelled door, late 17th-century. Stool: In chancelwith moulded and fluted legs and shaped top …