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buried with much ceremony in the cathedral, but 

 those of the lesser criminals were treated (we may 

 suppose) with less reverence, because you may search 

 the building in vain for tomb or epitaph to their 

 memory. But — quaintest touch of all — the silken 

 rope by which Lord Stourton swung was suspended 

 here, over his tomb, whei'e it remained for manv a 

 long year afterwards. 



The next outstanding landmark in the way of 

 executions is the hanging of a prisoner who had just 

 been awarded a sentence when he threw a brickbat 

 at the Chief Justice. His lordship was consideral)ly 

 damaged and for this assault pronounced sentence 

 of death upon him. The execution took place at 

 once, outside the Council House, the unfortunate 

 man's rioht hand beins^ first struck off. 



The Civil War did not result in anything very 

 tragical for Salisbury, the operations in and around 

 the city being quite unimportant. The ' Catherine 

 AVheel Inn,' however, was the scene of much alarm 

 among the superstitious, wdien, according to a grue- 

 some story, the Cavaliers assembled there, having 

 toasted the King and the Royal family, proceeded 

 to drink the health of the Devil, — and the Devil 

 appeared, the room becoming filled with ' noisome 

 fumes of sulphur, and a hideous monster, which was 

 the Devil, no doubt,' entering, and grabbing the 

 giver of the toast, flying away with him out of the 

 window. 



Salisbury was the scene of Penruddocke's rising for 

 the King in 1655. He was a county gentleman, of 

 Compton Chamberlayne, and with some others and a 



