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Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times

Note 386 — Origin of Thirteen Pence Halfpenny, AS HANGMAN'S WAGES;

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The Hangman was known by the name of Gregory in the year 1642, as we learn from the Mercurius Aulicus, p. 553.

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