1 gen 1655 anni - cuckstool

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A common alternative of cucking stool. 1200-15 <i>Faciet meliorem finem quem poterit vel ibit ad Cuckestolam</i>, Richmondshire (OED); 1594 <i>Margaret Longfellowe shall be dowckede on the Cockstoole before Maudlan daye</i>, Ilkley (CHT127); 1655 <i>Alice Steven, Elizabeth Steven and Isabell Steven alias Hancock, all of Sheffield, common skolds to bee openly duckt in the common cuckstoole, over head and eares, each of them three tymes</i> (QS10/3/129). The Sheffield constables’ accounts have interesting details which relate to the construction of this device: 1617 <i>For making the Cuckstoole 9s 6d; for a lock and hoopes for it and for setting them on 1s 0d</i> (TWH14/266).

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