The last written record of stools being used for ducking involved a Mrs. Ganble at Plymouth in 1808 , and one Jenny Pipes from Leominster ( a town in Herefordshire ) in 1809 . The last recorded uses of the stool for ducking involve a Mrs. Ganble at Plymouth ( 1808 ) and Jenny Pipes , a notorious scold from Leominster ( 1809 ) .