2920809 Prynne in the pillory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Prynne (1600-69) Puritan lawyer and politician, was imprisoned in the Tower for sedition in 1634,fined, expelled from Lincoln\'s Inn and lost his ears in the pillory. Released in 1640 by the Long Parliament he oversaw the trial and execution of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, who he considered his main persecutor. Illustration from John Cassell\'s Illustrated History of England ); English, out of copyright.