Similar writs were directed to the Mayor and Bailiffs of Chester, and to the authorities at Shrewsbury for other several quarters of the same Henry, and to the Abbot of Shrewsbury a writ was addressed directing him to bury the body of Hotspur, thus again brought together, in his church of St. Peter at Shrewsbury. The fourth quarter, that sent to distant London, does not appear to have been forthcoming, for reasons which will be apparent. See Rev. C. H. Hartshorne’s “Feudal and Military Antiquities of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders,” p. 296.
[27] “History of Penrith,” 1858, p. 95.
[28] The total number arraigned was 382; by lot this was reduced to 127, the total number condemned to death being 86. Lords Balmerino and Kilmarnock were beheaded for “the —45,” August 18, 1746. They behaved with much dignity and fortitude. The former expressed his wish to Lord Kilmarnock, just before the execution, that he wished he could suffer for them both; noblesse oblige, even on the scaffold. By their particular request their heads were not severally held up and exposed by the executioner with the usual formula—“This is the head of a traitor.” But the sheriffs directed that everybody on the scaffold should kneel down, so that the people might see the execution itself performed—a ceremony never practised before. (“Account of the Behaviour,” &c., by T. Forde, a gentleman then present, 1746.)
[29] De la Croix, “Jersey, Ses Antiquités, Ses Institutions, Son Histoire,” vol. iii. pp. 342, 343.
[30] Hakluyt, “Voyages,” vol. iii. p. 336.
[31] Weever, “Ancient Funeral Monuments,” p. 22, edit. 1631.
[32] M’Laurin (Lord Dreghorn), “Arguments and Decisions,” &c., Edinburgh, 1774.
[33] See “Trial of Philip Standsfield,” &c., Edinburgh, 1688.
[35] Viollet le Duc, “Dictionnaire raisonné,” tome v. p. 553, s.v. Fourches patibulaires.