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'The Maiden' on display at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (July 2011) Blade of The Maiden James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton. The Maiden (also known as the Scottish Maiden) is an early form of guillotine, or gibbet, that was used between the 16th and 18th centuries as a means of execution in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four since he won the civil war that had been dragging on with the supporters of the exiled Mary, Queen of Scots. However, he came to an unfortunate end, executed by means of the Maiden, a predecessor of the guillotine.
A Scottish invention that is a perennial favourite with children visiting as part of school trips is the Scottish Maiden, an early beheading machine predating the French guillotine. In 2019, the museum received 2,210,024 visitors, making it Scotland's most popular visitor attraction that year. [8]
The Maiden was constructed in 1564 for the Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh, Scotland and was in use from April 1565 to 1710. One of those executed was James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton , in 1581, and a 1644 publication began circulating the legend that Morton himself commissioned the Maiden after he had seen the Halifax Gibbet. [ 9 ]
The Maiden was stored and is now on display in the National Museum of Scotland. It is rather shorter than the Halifax Gibbet, standing only 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, the same height as the French guillotine. [34] [35]
Pages in category "Collection of National Museums Scotland" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. ... Maiden (guillotine) Migdale Hoard;
In 1662 the legal registers of Scotland were removed from the 'register house' in Edinburgh Castle to the Laigh Hall, as were parliamentary and other records in 1689. The national records would continue to be stored in the Laigh Hall until 1789. Edinburgh's infamous Maiden guillotine was also stored in the Laigh Hall at one point. [28]
Pages in category "1564 establishments in Scotland" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... The Howff; M. Maiden (guillotine) This page was ...