_Whipping by Women._--In the accounts of the constable of this parish for
the year 1644, there are the following items:
"Paid to two men for watching Ellen
Shaw, she beinge accused for felonie 0 3 0
"Paid to a woman for whippinge y^e
said Ellen Shaw 0 0 4
"Paid for beare for her after she was
whipped 0 0 3."
Was it the usual custom for women sentenced to whipping to be consigned to
the tender mercies of one of their own sex?