Wigtown, hangman at, 18;
last execution at, 21;
jougs, 179

William the Conqueror introduces beheading, 108

Williams, bookseller, 169-170

Wilson, Alexander, 170

Winchester, coiners punished at, 135

Wirksworth, penance at, 233

Witchcraft, 50;
burning to death for, 99

Wolsey, Cardinal, in the stocks, 193

Women drowned, 95;
whipped, 218

Wootton Bassett, tumbrel at, 268-269

Worcester, 115, 217-218, 296

Worsborough ducking-stool, 259

Yarmouth, pirate gibbeted at, 67

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speaker, for his writings are full of curious out-of-the-way
information and good stories."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._

* * * * *

England in the Days of Old.

BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,

_Demy 8vo., 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations._

This volume is one of unusual interest and value to the lover of olden
days and ways, and can hardly fail to interest and instruct the reader.
It recalls many forgotten episodes, scenes, characters, manners,
customs, etc., in the social and domestic life of England.

CONTENTS:--When Wigs were Worn--Powdering the Hair--Men Wearing
Muffs--Concerning Corporation Customs--Bribes for the Palate--Rebel
Heads on City Gates--Burial at Cross Roads--Detaining the Dead for
Debt--A Nobleman's Household in Tudor Times--Bread and Baking in Bygone
Days--Arise, Mistress, Arise!--The Turnspit--A Gossip about the
Goose--Bells as Time-Tellers--The Age of Snuffing--State
Lotteries--Bear-Baiting--Morris Dancers--The Folk-Lore of Midsummer
Eve--Harvest Home--Curious Charities--An Old-Time Chronicler.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS:--The House of Commons in the time of Sir Robert
Walpole--Egyptian Wig--The Earl of Albemarle--Campaign Wig--Periwig
with Tail--Ramillie-Wig--Pig-tail Wig--Bag-Wig--Archbishop
Tilotson--Heart-Breakers--A Barber's Shop in the time of Queen
Elizabeth--With and Without a Wig--Stealing a Wig--Man with Muff,
1693--Burying the Mace at Nottingham--The Lord Mayor of York escorting
Princess Margaret--The Mayor of Wycombe going to the Guildhall--Woman
wearing a Scold's Bridle--The Brank--Andrew Marvell--Old London Bridge,
shewing heads of rebels on the gate--Axe, Block, and Executioner's
Mask--Margaret Roper taking leave of her father, Sir Thomas More--Rebel
Heads, from a print published in 1746--