Note 388 — Origin of Thirteen Pence Halfpenny, AS HANGMAN'S WAGES;
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Rapin. See also Bale's Life and Trial of Sir John Oldcastle. St. Giles's was then an independent Village, and is still called St. Giles's in the Fields, to distinguish it from St. Giles's, Cripplegate; being both in the same Diocese.