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Survey of London
… of references to the cage, the cucking-stool, and the stocks as instruments of punishment. The cucking-stool for … to mend the cage, the cuckingstool, the pound, and the stocks. 203 In December, 1601, he sold the manor to Hugh …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of soldiers, or their removal when sick; some laid in stocks of corn for the poor in 1644-5, the churchwardens of … the mid 16th century churchwardens looked after modest stocks of parish armour, such as the headpiece, caliver, … late as the 1820s. 22 All parishes were ordered to provide stocks in 1617. 23 St. Giles's parish, at least, maintained a …