“Drawing”— what it was, 27 several kinds of, 27-30 simple dragging to gallows, 27 on an ox-hide, 28, 29 on a hurdle, 29 on a sledge, 29 _note_ dragging to death, 29-30 dragging to pieces, 30 “Drop”— introduced at execution of Earl Ferrers, 251 a feature of the gallows at Newgate, 251 its object, 252-53 Dryden— “On Tyburn,” 74 on Jack Ketch, 46 Ducket, Laurence, story of, 97-8 Dunning, a noted robber, 11, 17 Dunstable— district around, infested by robbers, 17 Priory, 17-18 Duval, Claude— a famous highwayman, 194, 195-98 William Pope’s “Memoirs,” not to be taken too seriously, 197 Ecclesford, gallows at, 16 Ecclesiastics— ought not to shed blood, 13 but have gallows, 13 power to stay execution, 13 Edgar, King, 13 Edward I., 11, 14, 16, 18, 24 Year Book of, 38 Edward II., 101 Edward III., 101, 104 Edward IV., 119 Edward VI., 77, 137, 139, 142, 150, 153 Slave Act of, 140 revolt of peasants, 150-51 death of, 151 Effigy to be hanged, 18 Elizabeth, Queen, 140, 155 executions under, 76-7 penal laws of, 164 and _note_ last of her victims, 175 and the Pope, 156 torture in constant use under, 35-6, 161-62 does not believe in charges on which priests were executed, 161 Elm— symbol of justice among Normans, 57 famous elm cut down, 57 “Judges under the elm-tree,” 57 “Elms, The,” 81, 85, 86 _note_ of Tyburn, 57, 60 and _note_ of Smithfield, 57, 60 and _note_ of Westminster Abbey, 57-8 of Covent Garden, 58 of Canterbury, 58 of Westbourne, 58 confusion between Tyburn and Smithfield, 58-9 new gallows ordered for, 60 first indication of site of, 61 Longbeard executed here, 81 Mortimer erroneously said to have been the first, 103 and _note_ Constantine, Fitz-Athulf, 85, 86 and _note_ and execution of Turberville, 99 of Wallace, 100 Elms Lane (now Mews), Bayswater, 58 Ementulation— part of the punishment for high treason, 32 but not always forming part of sentence, 32, 33 Essex (Robert Devereux) Earl of, 168, 170-71, 174 Essex (Robert Devereux), Earl of Essex (son of the foregoing), marries Frances Howard, and is divorced, 179-80