Whipping by Women.—In the accounts of the constable of this parish for the year 1644, there are the following items:
| "Paid to two men for watching Ellen Shaw, she beinge accused for felonie | 0 3 0 |
| "Paid to a woman for whippinge ye said Ellen Shaw | 0 0 4 |
| "Paid for beare for her after she was whipped | 0 0 3." |
Was it the usual custom for women sentenced to whipping to be consigned to the tender mercies of one of their own sex?
J. Eastwood.
Ecclesfield.
Lærig (Vol. i., p. 292.).—Have we not a relic of this word in the vulgar leary, used of a tough customer, one not easily taken in?
J. W. H.
MS. History of Winchester School.—
"In the year 1715, proposals were published for an exact account of the History and Antiquities of this College of St. Mary; and large collections are made for that end, now dormant in a private hand."—Rawlinson's English Topographer, p 63., London, 1720.
Can any of your readers tell me where this invaluable MS. (if existing) may be found? and also what became of the late Rev. Peter Hall's collections in manuscript?