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|description={{en|1=A beheading machine, modelled on the Halifax Gibbet and alleged to have been introduced to Scotland by the the earl of Morton before becoming Regent in 1571. In fact, it was ordered to be made by the Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh in 1564, first used on 3rd April 1565 and last used in 1710.
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|description={{en|1=A beheading machine, modelled on the Halifax Gibbet and alleged to have been introduced to Scotland by the earl of Morton before becoming Regent in 1571. In fact, it was ordered to be made by the Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh in 1564, first used on 3rd April 1565 and last used in 1710.

:1565. Item the thrid day of Apryle to the pynouris [pioneers] for the bering of dailles [planks] and puncheoins [timber uprights] fra the Blackfreirs to the Croce with the Gibbet and Madin to mak ane scaffald, and awayiting thereon, the day quhen Thome Scot was justefeitt [executed].....vijs.

:1565. Item the thrid day of Apryle to the pynouris [pioneers] for the bering of dailles [planks] and puncheoins [timber uprights] fra the Blackfreirs to the Croce with the Gibbet and Madin to mak ane scaffald, and awayiting thereon, the day quhen Thome Scot was justefeitt [executed].....vijs.

:1565. Item to Andro Gottersoun, symth [sic], for grinding of the Madin.....vjs. viijd.

:1565. Item to Andro Gottersoun, symth [sic], for grinding of the Madin.....vjs. viijd.

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