Note 487 — Chapter I · PENAL METHODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Reading edition
Dictionary of National Biography. There was an Act of Henry VIII. which has been called the whip with six strings, which may have some reference to the hangman’s usual weapon.
Reading edition
Dictionary of National Biography. There was an Act of Henry VIII. which has been called the whip with six strings, which may have some reference to the hangman’s usual weapon.