Note 113 — ANNALS
Reading edition
Chrons. of Benedict of Peterborough, ed. Stubbs, i. 155, 56; Roger of Hoveden, ed. Stubbs, ii. 131.
Ordeal of water was of two kinds: In one the person undergoing the ordeal was thrown into deep water; if, without swimming, he floated, he was deemed guilty; if he sank, innocent. In this case the ordeal was probably of boiling water, in which the person plunged his arm into boiling water; the arm was bound up, and on its appearance after a certain time judgment was given.