Hanging in Chains - Albert Hartshorne

INDEX.

Achæus, his end, [9].
Alfric, Archbishop, Vocabulary of, [13].
Amasa, fate of, [5].
Anastatius, Saint, martyrdom of, [12].
Anglo-Saxons, the; use of gallows with, [13].
Azariah, burial of, [1].
Baker, the Chief, fate of, [4].
Bewick, his woodcuts, [87];
his representations of the gibbet, [89], [91].
Boiling and quartering, example of, [100].
Brunne, Robert, [14].
Chains—see [Hanging in].
Chettle, on hanging alive in chains, [97].
Coligny, hung on gibbet of Montfaucon, [40].
Colman, Saint, martyrdom of, [12].
Constable, Sir Robert, [16].
Cross, the, the gibbet, [6], [9];
the Christian emblem, [11].
David, burial in city of, [1].
Despencers, the, execution and quartering of, [19];
burial of their remains, ib.
Douai, gibbet at, [51].
Dreghorn, Lord, on hanging in chains in Scotland, [29].
Egyptians, the, their treatment of the bodies of criminals, [4].
Etruscans, their gibbeting on a cross, [9].
Ferreolus, Saint, martyrdom of, [12].
Fourches Patibulaires, [31].
Furca (Gibbet), use of, with the Romans, [11].
Galga (Gallows), use of, with the Anglo-Saxons, [13].
Gallows and Gibbet, difference between, in England, [25];
in France, ib.
Gallows, the, in England, [14];
in Scotland, [29], [30];
in France,—fourches patibulaires,—[31];
their monumental character, [32];
in Spain, [42];
in Holland, [46];
at Douai, [51].
Germans, the, punishments with, [26].
Gibbet of Montfaucon, description of, [33];
mode of operation, [35];
ancient poetry concerning it, [38];
of Montigny, [39];
in England, [74];
effect on travellers and traffic, ib.;
of Halifax, [114].
Gibbet riddle, [104].
Gibbeting of animals, in France, [40];
in Holland, [45].
Gloucester, Robert of, [14].
Gower, John, [16].
Halifax, gibbet of, [114].
Hand gibbeted in Malta, [105].
Hanging in chains:—At Easthampstead, [15];
at Hull, [16];
at York, ib.;
in Jersey, [22];
in England, 1631—the usual custom, [27];
in Scotland, 1637, [29];
near Edinburgh, 1688, [30];
noticed in the “Pilgrim’s Progress,” [49];
at Bourne, Cambridgeshire, [53];
at Hampstead, [54];
near Rugby, ib.;
at Cawood, near York, [55];
near London, [58];
in the Orkneys, [61];
by petition, [64];
at Rye, [66];
at Carlisle, ib.;
at Rake, Sussex, [67];
at Long Marston, Buckinghamshire, [69];
first legally recognized, [70];
terror evoked at prospect of, [72];
preparation of the body for, [73];
Thames Pirates, [75], [78];
in Epping Forest, ib.;
near Penrith, [80];
at Tring, [81];
near Wetheral, Cumberland, ib.;
on Brandon Sands, double gibbet, [82];
near Belper, triple gibbet, [83];
near Chester, [84];
near Warrington, [85];
near Chester, double gibbet, ib.;
near Midhurst, [86];
examples illustrated by Bewick, [90], [91];
near East Dereham, [93];
near Durham, [95];
at Deal, [96];
near Lincoln, [103];
near Sheffield, ib.;
in Malta, [106];
in Bengal, ib.;
at Calcutta, [107];
in Jamaica, ib.;
ordered near Brigg, but remitted, [108];
on Jarrow Slake, ib.;
near Leicester, last example of, [110];
abolition of, by Statute, ib.;
wooden head in memoriam, near Morpeth, [111].
Hanging alive in chains, fable of, [94];
statements of Hollingshed and Chettle, [97];
the fiction examined, and set aside, [99].
Hector, his desire for burial, [8].
High Treason:—Punishment for, [16];
description of, [18];
Statute of 1351, ib.;
first example of, 1241, ib.;
Wallace, ib.;
the Despencers, [19];
Hotspur, ib.;
executions for “the —45,” [21];
pardon of five gentlemen for, 1447, [22];
definition of, [63];
Jemmy Dawson, [79].
Hollingshed, on hanging alive in chains, [97].
Hotspur, execution and quartering of, [19];
the remains again brought together, ib.
Jehoiakim, denunciation of, [3].
Jeremiah, prophecy of, [3].
Jersey, hangings in chains in, [22].
Jews, the, treatment of their dead, [4].
Jotham, burial of, [1].
Justice, La, La Grande, [32].
Kerrich, Mr., his sketches, [82].
Leoninus, Albertus, on suicide with the Romans, [10].
Lincoln, the Chapter House at, a criminal court, [107].
Malta, a hand gibbeted, [105];
pirates at, [106].
Marise, William, a pirate, 1241, [18].
Medecis, Catherine de, views Coligny on the gibbet of Montfaucon, [40].
Mezentius, his desire for burial, [7].
Montfaucon, gibbet of, [33].
Montigny, gibbet of, [39].
Norfolk, Duke of, [16].
Northern Rising, 1536, [16].
Northampton, behaviour at, [76].
Our Saviour, gibbeted, [11].
Peine forte et dure, [61], [62].
“Pilgrim’s Progress,” the, hangings in chains in, [49].
Piracy in the Orkneys, [60].
Pirates gibbeted, in Jersey, [22];
on the Thames, [75], [78];
in Malta, [106].
Preacher, the, on lack of burial, [4].
Quartering:—At Carlisle in 1536, [16];
of a pirate, in 1241, [18];
of Wallace, ib.;
the Despencers, [19];
Hotspur, ib.;
for “the —45,” [21].
Rack, the, [62].
Rizpah, watches of, [5], [6].
Rhodez, Count of, his seizing of justice, [31].
Robbing the mail, [83], [85], [86].
Romans, the, their dread of exposure, [9];
their use of the furca, or gibbet, [11];
their laws as to gibbeting, [72].
Saints, gibbeted, [12].
Smugglers, gibbeted, [67].
Standing Mute, [61], [62].
Statute of Westminster the First, 1277, [14];
of treason, of Edward III., 1351, [18];
of George II., 1752, [70], [72];
of William IV., 1834, [110].
Tarquinius Priscus, orders gibbeting on a cross, [9].
Thames Pirates, [75];
chains of, ib.
Villon (Corbeuil), his poetry on the gibbet of Montfaucon, [38].
Vincent, Saint, martyrdom of, [12].
Voltaire, his gallows at Ferney, [31].
Wallace, execution and quartering of, [18].
Weever, on punishment for treason, murder, &c., [27];
on hanging in chains, ib.
Witchcraft, [68].
Women, punishment of, in England, [52];
in France, [53].

UNWIN BROTHERS, PRINTERS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Psa. cxxvii. 2.

[2] Deut. xxi. 22, 23.

[3] Jer. xxii. 19.

[4] Jer. xix. 7.