'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory mb-code IX001427 Plate 2 from the book

Plate 2 from the book Curiosities of glass making with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture by Apsley Pellatt (David Bogue

There is a label with the words Income Tax on it attached to what looks like a contemporary dental device

awaits the forthcoming Land Reform Act

Margaret Sullavan (1909-1960) was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 'Three Comrades' (1938)

'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory mb-code IX001427 Plate 2 from the book'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory, 17th century (c1905). Testis Ovat is an anagram of Oates' name. An Anglican priest, he made up the story of the Popish Plot of 1678, which was a plot against the government. He was condemned by Judge Jeffreys to imprisonment for life. In addition it was ordered that he would stand annually in the pillory at particular spots, and every May, to be flogged from Aldgate to Newgate. Under William III he was