Chapter XI

Example of Hanging in Chains, 1808. Gibbet riddle. Spence
Broughton. Hanging in Chains at Malta. A Hand gibbeted.
Supposed Gibbeting alive in Bengal, and in Jamaica.
The Chapter House at Lincoln a criminal court, 1827;
the gibbeting remitted. Example in 1832; severance of
last personal link with the Gibbet (April 14, 1891).
Last example of Hanging in Chains, 1834. Its abolition
by Statute. Gibbet with Wooden Head, _in memoriam_.
Conclusion.--The Halifax Gibbet 102-114

LIST OF GIBBETING IRONS AND CHAINS.

Ashmolean Museum.--Eight separate portions of Irons found in various
parts of Oxford. Some have cylindrical padlocks attached to them.

Chester Museum.--A leg-piece.

Doddington Hall, Lincoln.--Parts of Tommy Otter’s Irons. _See_ p. 104.

Leicester Gaol.--Cook’s Irons. _See_ p. 111.

Norwich Gaol.--Watson’s Irons. _See_ p. 94.

Norwich Museum.--A Head-piece.

Preston.--Irons.

Rye, Court Hall.--Breeds’s Irons. _See_ p. 66. _Illustrated._

Skegness Museum.--Irons.

Warrington Museum.--Miles’s Irons. _See_ p. 85. _Illustrated._

Winchester.--Irons.

In the possession of Lady Dorothy Nevill.--A leg-piece of Carter’s
Irons. _See_ p. 68.

In the possession of the Rev. J. W. Tottenham.--Two sets of Pirate’s
Chains from the Thames. _See_ p. 75. _Illustrated._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. PIRATE’S CHAINS FROM THE THAMES _Frontispiece_

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3. IMPALEMENT } _Facing page_ 26
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4. BURNING AT THE STAKE }

5. GIBBET OF MONTFAUCON " 34

6. BREEDS’S IRONS " 66

7. A THAMES PIRATE " 76

8. GIBBET ON BRANDON SANDS " 82

9. MILES’S IRONS " 85

10. GIBBET FROM BEWICK " 91

11. IRON CAGE FROM BENGAL " 106

HANGING IN CHAINS.