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BOILING TO See also:DEATH , a See also:punishment once See also:common both in See also:England and on the See also:continent. The only extant legislative See also:notice of it in England occurs in an See also:act passed in 1531 during the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII., providing that convicted poisoners should be boiled to death; it is,' however, frequently mentioned earlier as a punishment for coining. The See also:Chronicles of the See also:Grey Friars (published by the See also:Camden Society, 1852) have an See also:account of boiling for poisoning at Smithfield in the See also:year 1522, the See also:man being fastened to a See also:chain and lowered into boiling See also:water several times until he died. The See also:preamble of the See also:statute of Henry VIII. (which made poisoning See also:treason) in 1531 recites that one See also:Richard Roose (or See also:Coke), a See also:cook, by putting See also:poison in some See also:food intended for the See also:household of the See also:bishop of See also:Rochester and for the poor of the See also:parish of See also:Lambeth, killed a man and woman: He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to be boiled to death without benefit of See also:clergy. He was publicly boiled at Smithfield. In the same year a maid-servant for poisoning her See also:mistress was boiled at See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Lynn. In 1542 See also:Margaret See also:Davy, a servant, for poisoning her employer, was boiled at Smithfield. In the reign of See also:Edward VI., in 1547, the act was repealed.
See also W. See also:Andrews, Old See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
Time Punishments (See also:Hull, 1890) ; Notes and Queries, vol. i. (1862), vol. ix.
(1867); Du Cange (s.v. Caldariis decoquere).
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