[207] 48ᵒ Regis Henrici Tertii.
Pardonatio concessa Ivettæ de Balsham eo quod suspense fuit pro quadam felonia ab hora nona die Lunæ usque ortum solis diei Martis sequent et tamen viva evasit, apud Cantuar 16ᵒ Augusti. Cal. Rot. Patentium (1802), p. 34.
[208] The punishment of the pillory for fraudulent bankruptcy was previously enacted by 1 James I. c. 15, s. 4.
[209] According to Monsieur César de Saussure, who was in England in 1726, the weight was increased every four hours (“Lettres et Voyages,” pp. 126-7).
[210] Villette, (“Annals of Newgate,” i. 16-24). An account of the origin and development of this practice has been given on pp. 36-43.
[211] Swift wrote some verses on Blueskin.
[212] “An Enquiry into the Causes of the frequent Executions at Tyburn,” 1725.
[213] Pope, in his “Dunciad” speaks of “⸺hymning Tyburn’s elegiac lines” (i. 41).
[214] In 1810 the Archbishop of Canterbury and six Bishops voted against Romilly’s Bill to abolish capital punishment for stealing privately in a shop to the value of five shillings (“Life of Romilly,” ii. 130).
[215] This is the Shoplifting Act. It is also frequently cited as 10 & 11 Will. III., c. 23.