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Crime and Punishment

Filthie vice o fornication

In 1560, Parliament set 1st punishments for the “filthie vice o fornication”:

Strike 1: £50 fine + 8 days prison + 2hrs pillory

Strike 2: £66 fine + 2hr pillory + head-shaving

Strike 3: £100 + “thrice ducking in the foulest pool in the parish” + banishment