The Duke of Exeter's daughter was a torture rack in the

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. Its presence is said to have been due to Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, constable of the Tower in 1451, whence it got its name. Blackstone wrote in c. 1765 ('' Commentaries'', ii. sec. 326):

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