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Encyclopedia Britannica



THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 428 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
THE SCOTTISH MAIDEN was an
instrument
  of
capital
 
punishment
  formerly in use in
Scotland
 . It is said to have been invented by the
earl
  of Morton, who is also said to have been its first victim. This, however, could not have been the case, as the maiden was first used at the execution of the inferior agents in the assassination of Rizzio (1561) and Morton was not beheaded till 1581. The maiden was practically an early form of guillotine. A loaded blade or axe moving in grooves was fixed in a
frame
  about ten feet high. The axe was raised to the full height of the
frame
  and then released, severing the victim's head from his
body
 . At least 120, suffered death by the maiden, including the regent Morton, Sir John
Gordon
  of Haddo, President Spottiswood, the marquis and
earl
  of Argyll. In 1710 it ceased to be used; it is now preserved in the museum of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland
 , in Edinburgh.


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