[65] “Bilboes” were bars of iron with fetters attached. The name comes from the Spanish town Bilbao, where they were first made.

[66] Cf. chap. 6, vol. ii. Executions.

[67] Who were responsible for the keeper and the prison generally.

[68] Luttrell.

[69] Luttrell.

[70] Luttrell.

[71] Macaulay, i. 380.

[72] Still the seat of the Thynnes; and the property of the head of the family—the present Marquis of Bath.

[73] Reresby’s Memoirs, p. 256.

[74] Reresby.