Courtroom, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster

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227136

Reference identifier

nla04092008003

Title

Courtroom, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster

Place

Lancaster

General notes

Attached to the Dock in Lancaster castle's courtroom is a metal holdfast designed to immobilise the wrist and fingers, whilst a red hot branding iron embossed with the letter M was applied to the brawn of the thumb. This identified the convicted person as a 'malefactor' or 'evil-doer.'

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