Although this looks very much like a sobriquet, there seems no
sufficient evidence to believe it to be otherwise than a real proper
name. We are told that the name Jack was applied to hangmen from
Richard Jaquett, to whom the manor of Tyburn once belonged. (See Hangmen.)
More on Jack Ketch from Infoplease:
- Jack Ketch - Jack Ketch Although this looks very much like a sobriquet, there seems no sufficient evidence to ...
- Ketch - Ketch (See Jack Ketch.) Ketch A kind of two-masted vessel. Bomb-ketches were much used in the last ...
- Monsieur de Paris - Monsieur de Paris The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France. “Riccardo de Albertes was a ...
- Hangmen - Hangmen and Executioners. (1) BULL is the earliest hangman whose name survives (about 1593). (2) ...
- Dun - Dun One who importunes for payment of a bill (Anglo-Saxon, dunan, to din or clamour). The tradition ...
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