![]() The comedian Richard Tarlton, who was a stalwart of the pre-Shakespearian stage. His son Richard, who was the leading man in many of Shakespeare's plays, which were first performed in the contemporary Shoreditch theatres. James Burbage, the founder of The Theatre, England's first playhouse, built in Shoreditch in 1576. It is noted as the burial place of several members of the theatrical profession, from the Elizabethan period, including: The original church is possibly Saxon in origin, though the first historical reference to it occurs in the 12th century. Shoreditch church (dedicated to St Leonard) is of ancient origin and features in the famous line: 'when I grow rich say the bells of Shoreditch', from the nursery rhyme: Oranges and Lemons. In many of the villages in the country may still be seen well-preserved examples of stocks, in some cases with whipping posts attached. ![]() It further ordered that stocks should be made in every town and village in England.Though never expressly abolished, the punishment of the stocks began to die out in England during the early part of the 19th century, though there is a recorded case of its use so late as 1865 at Rugby. ![]() The second Statute of Labourers (1350) ordered the punishment of the stocks for unruly artisans. It is known that the stocks were used by the Anglo-Saxons by their often figuring in drawings of the time. During this time passers-by would throw all forms of disgusting waste at the hapless culprit. Punishment in the stocks generally lasted for at least several hours. The culprit sat on a wooden bench with his ankles, and sometimes his wrists or even neck, thrust through holes in movable boards. The Stocks were a wooden structure formerly in use both on the continent of Europe and in Great Britain as a method of punishment for petty offences. It is amazing how many towns and villages still have these stocks in the town centres.
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