Shoreditch, Sir John of, his murder, 103-4 Sidmouth, Viscount, vi Sieveking, Mr. Herbert, vi, 65 _note_, 68 Sisamnes, story of, 24 “Sixteen-string Jack,” 260 Slavery, re-established in England, 140 Sledge, “sledge” and “hurdle,” words used indifferently, 192 Smith, Sir Thomas— “De Republica Anglorum,” quoted, 35 tortures, 35 on benefit of Clergy, 130-31 Smithfield— “The Elms” of, the civic gallows, 57, 58, 59 burnings here for heresy, 59 and _note_ single combat in, 115 “Fires of Smithfield,” not extinguished by death of “bloody Mary,” 177 Sir W. Meredith on, 257-58 execution of highwayman at, 213 execution of bankrupt at, 227 Society, for the Diffusion of Knowledge upon the Punishment of Death, 258 Sorcery, a story of, 112-15 Southwell, Robert— tortured, 36 poet and martyr, 168-69 Spalding, hanging at, 19 Spaniards, rumour that Philip has brought in 12,000, 154 Spiggott, ⸺, put in the Press, 41, 229-30 Stafford, Thomas, his rebellion and execution, 154 Staines, gallows at, 16 Stanford, Sir William, “Les Plees del Coron,” 33 _note_, 40, 41 and _note_ Stanley, Dean, quoted, 25, 58 _note_ States General— surrender Regicides, 190 and Sir Thomas Armstrong, 206 Statute Book, 200 capital offences on, 6 Statutes cited— 3 Edw. I. (1275), c. 12, 37 4 Edw. I. (1276) (“Rageman”), 14 4 Edw. I. (1276), c. 1, 2, 131 6 Edw. I. (1278) (Statute of Gloucester), 14 13 Edw. I. (1285) (Statute of Winchester), 10 _note_ 18 Edw. III. (1344), St. 3, c. 2, 132 25 Edw. III. (1352), St. 5, c. 2, 30-1 25 Edw. III. (1352), St. 6, c. 4, 129 3 Henry VII. (1487), c. 3, 209 4 Henry VII. (1488-9), c. 19, 141 _note_ 22 Henry VIII. (1530-1), c. 9, 21 and _note_ 23 Henry VIII. (1531), c. 1, 129 26 Henry VIII. (1534), c. 1, 133 27 Henry VIII. (1535-6), c. 25, 143 32 Henry VIII. (1540-1), c. 16, 147 1 Edw. VI. (1547), c. 3 (Slave Act), 140 1 Edw. VI. (1547), c. 12, 22, 132 1 Eliz. (1559), c. 1, 163 23 Eliz. (1581), c. 1, 164 27 Eliz. (1584), c. 2, 175 1 James I. (1603), c. 15, 227 _note_ 21 James I. (1623), c. 6, 77; c. 19, 227 13 Charles II. (1661), c. 15, 192 4 & 5 Will. and Mary (1692), c. 8, 195 7 & 8 Will. III. (1695-6), c. 1, 214; c. 19, 215 8 & 9 Will. III. (1696-7), c. 2, c. 8, c. 26, 215; c. 5, 217 9 Will. III. (1697), c. 2, c. 21, 215; c. 4, 217 10 Will. III. (1698), c. 12,[215] vi, 78, 220-21, 246 10 Will. III. (1698), c. 19, 217 1 Anne (1701), St. 1, c. 29, 217 4 & 5 Anne (1705), c. 4, 227 5 & 6 Anne (1706), c. 6, 221 1 Geo. I. (1714), st. 2, c. 7, 217 1 Geo. II. (1727), st. 1, c. 4, 218 5 Geo. II. (1732), c. 30, 227 8 Geo. II. (1735), c.