jan 1, 1664 - whip-stock
Description:
A post set up in a public place to which offenders were tied and whipped. 1664 <i>All ouer ...whipestocke, butts and pinfoulds are ... in good repaire,</i> Ovenden (WCR5/133). In the following year it was referred to as <i>the whippingestocke</i>.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1664
Now
~ 361 years ago