One of my very distant ancestors had to surrender "five shoates, and two piges" among other personal possessions, as part of his punishment for involvement in Bacon's Rebellion. Better than being hung, I reckon...
Resisting the urge to break out the Cleavon Little impersonation.....
Peter (who will let slip his inner pedant enough to say that would be "hanged")
If we was any good at stuff like that, our name would still be Huncote.
~Gregory (who is quite tickled that he can now quote other posts...)