The version above is the real one.

When did the ritual of humiliation, known as being "tarred and feathered" begin? Did it occur during the middle ages?

From the Oxford English Dictionary: "The practice was imposed by an ordinance of Richard I in 1189 as a punishment in the navy for theft: see [three print sources cited here]; in Howell's 'Fam. Lett.' (1650 . . . ) it is said to have been applied in 1623 by a bishop of Halverstade to a party of incontinent friars and nuns; but in neither case is the specific term used."

A misplaced semicolon in my other post muddies the message.