'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory mb-code IX001427 ' Originally prepared for The

' Originally prepared for The drawing-room portrait gallery of eminent personages

Margaret Sullavan (1909-1960) was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 'Three Comrades' (1938)

A group of fans listening to a group on stage at the main stage

There is a label with the words Income Tax on it attached to what looks like a contemporary dental device

awaits the forthcoming Land Reform Act

'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory mb-code IX001427 ' Originally prepared for The'Testis Ovat', Titus Oates in the pillory, 17th century (c1905). Testis Ovat is an anagram of Oates' name. An Anglican priest, he made up the story of the Popish Plot of 1678, which was a plot against the government. He was condemned by Judge Jeffreys to imprisonment for life. In addition it was ordered that he would stand annually in the pillory at particular spots, and every May, to be flogged from Aldgate to Newgate. Under William III he was