Other Punishments
The Ducking StoolSupposed witches were lowered by a large wooden construction into a river, to see if they were innocent or guilty.
If they floated, they were pronounced guilty and burnt at the stake. If they sank, they were innocent however died anyway as they would have drowned. Either way the victim died. This death penalty was only for women. |
The BrankThe brank was a punishment used on women who gossiped or spoke too frequently. It was a large iron framework placed on the head of the victim , forming a type of cage. There was a metal strip on the brank that fitted into the mouth and was either sharpened to a point or covered with spikes so that any movement of the tongue was certain to cause severe pain and injury to the mouth.
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Limbs Cut Off
Some people who stole things from shops had there hands cut off.