By F. A. Carrington, Esq. 21 



head and hands being then firmly fastened into the frame, which 

 turned on a swivel, he was left to escape as he best could the various 

 kinds of missiles which were indiscriminately showered at him by 

 the surrounding multitude. 



About thirty years ago, I saw the stocks, the whipping post and 

 the pillory, all one above the other, at Wallingford, fixed up close 

 to the Town-Hall ; there being a small platform, below the pillory 

 and about 8 feet from the ground, for the pilloried patient to stand 

 on. ' All this except the stocks, was taken away about twenty five 

 years ago. 



I am also informed by Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A., that a 

 similar machine still exists at Coleshill in the county of Warwick 

 of which he has favored me with the annexed representation. 



