Editing Scavenger's Daughter

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The '''Scavenger's Daughter '''was a type of [[torture]] device invented in the reign of King [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England Henry VIII of England]. However, extant documents reveal that the device was rarely used.

==How it was used==

Scavenger's Daughter (or Skevington's Daughter) was invented as an instrument of torture in the reign of [[Henry VIII ]]by Sir Leonard Skeffington, Lieutenant of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London Tower of London], a son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Skeffington Sir William Skeffington], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Deputy_of_Ireland Lord Deputy of Ireland], and his first wife, Margaret Digby. It was an A-frame shaped metal rack to which the head was strapped to the top point of the A, the hands at the midpoint and the legs at the lower spread ends; swinging the head down and forcing the knees up in a sitting position so compressed the body has to force the blood from the nose and ears
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