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1654:, e.g., in 1324 there is a reference to John de Castello, a rebel, who was in the prison of the Marshalsea at York; and in 1339 John Gerard, 'chaplain', was pardoned for robberies and for escaping from the Marshalsea prison of the King's Bench at Canterbury. There are several references on the Close and Patent Rolls to a royal prison in Southwark in the 13th century, but no indication that there was a definite house allocated for the purpose until 1373, when 'the good men of the town of Suthwerk' were given a licence 'to build in the high street leading from the church of St. Margaret towards the south, a house, 40 feet long and 30 feet wide, in which to hold the pleas of the Marshalsea of the king's household and to keep the prisoners of the Marshalsea while in the said town, and to hold all other the king's courts.'"
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1726:: "I think it was in the year 1877 or 1878 or thereabouts that I walked over to see the Marshalsea before it was pulled down. I found a long narrow terrace of mean houses—they are still standing: there was a narrow courtyard in front for exercise and air: a high wall separated the prison from the Churchyard: the rooms in the terrace were filled with deep cupboards on either side of the fireplace: these cupboards contained the coals, the cooking utensils, the stores, and the clothes of the occupants. My guide ... pointed to certain marks on the floor as, he said, the place where they fastened the staples when they tied down the poor prisoners."
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The government acknowledged in 1799 that it had fallen into a state of decay, and a decision was made to rebuild it 130 yards south (119 m), at 150 High Street (now called
Borough High Street), on the site of the White Lion prison, also known as the Borough Gaol. This was on the south side of Angel Court and Angel Alley, two narrow streets that no longer exist. Costing £8,000 to complete (equivalent to £700,000 in 2023) the new prison opened in 1811 with two sections, one for Admiralty prisoners under court martial, and one for debtors, with a shared chapel that had been part of the White Lion.
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it contained no bed, so that prisoners had to lie on the damp floor, possibly next to corpses awaiting burial. But a group of favoured prisoners Acton had paid to police the jail told the hearing there was indeed a bed. One of them said he often chose to lie in there himself, because the strong room was so clean; the "best room on the Common side of the jail", said another. This despite the court's having heard that one prisoner's left side had mortified from lying on the wet floor, and that a rat had eaten the nose, ear, cheek and left eye of another.
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453:. Jailers sold food or let out space for others to open shops; the Marshalsea contained several shops and small restaurants. Prisoners with no money or external support faced starvation. If the prison did supply food to its non-paying inmates, it was purchased with charitable donations—donations sometimes siphoned off by the jailers—usually bread and water with a small amount of meat, or something confiscated as unfit for human consumption. Jailers would load prisoners with
622:, hired John Darby, a printer, as prison governor, who in turn leased it to William Acton, a butcher (who was later tried for murdering three of its prisoners). Acton had previously worked as one of the prison's turnkeys. He paid Darby £140 a year (equivalent to £26,000 in 2023) for a seven-year lease, giving him the right to act as resident warden and chief turnkey, and an additional £260 for the right to collect rent from the rooms, and sell food and drink.
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another room to rent in the prison. The only prisoners not expected to pay chummage were debtors who had declared themselves insolvent by swearing an oath that they had assets worth less than 40 shillings. If their creditors agreed, they could be released after 14 days, but if anyone objected, they remained confined to the poor side of the building, near the women's side, receiving a small weekly allowance from the county and money from charity.
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they met with enthusiasm. Debtors could be fined for theft; throwing water or filth out of windows or into someone else's room; making noise after midnight; cursing, fighting or singing obscene songs; smoking in the beer room from 8–10 am and 12–2 pm; defacing the staircase; dirtying the privy seats; stealing newspapers or utensils from the snuggery; urinating in the yard; drawing water before it had boiled; and criticizing the committee.
518:, writing in 1829, in London in 1826–1827, 753 people were imprisoned for debts under £5, for between 20 and 100 days. In Southwark that year the debts of 1,893 prisoners amounted collectively to £16,442 (equivalent to £1,800,000 in 2023). Other European countries had legislation limiting imprisonment for debt to one year, but debtors in England were imprisoned until their creditors were satisfied. When the
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attend to prisoners, and sometimes their children—to "protect his reputation", according to a doctor testifying in 1815 to a parliamentary commission—but would not attend to their wives. This left women to give birth alone or with the help of other prisoners. The doctor told the commission he had helped just once with a birth, and then only as a matter of courtesy, because it was not included in his salary.
1246:× 56 ft (54 m × 17 m), a kitchen, a public room, and a tap room or snuggery, where debtors could drink as much beer as they wanted, at fivepence a pot in 1815. Philpotts reports that, by the early 19th century, most debtors spent only months in the prison; on 19 April 1826 it held 105 debtors, 99 of whom had been there for less than six months and the other six for less than a year.
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he was able to breakfast with his family in the
Marshalsea and dine with them after work. His father was released after three months, on 28 May 1824, but the family's financial situation remained poor and Dickens had to continue working at the factory, something for which he reportedly never forgave his mother. Years later he wrote about the Marshalsea and other debtors' prisons in
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butter shop; and then I almost gave up every brick of the jail for lost. Wandering, however, down a certain adjacent "Angel Court, leading to
Bermondsey", I came to "Marshalsea Place": the houses in which I recognised, not only as the great block of the former prison, but as preserving the rooms that arose in my mind's eye when I became Little Dorrit's biographer ...
950:, who had hired John Darby as prison governor, who in turn had leased the prison to Acton. Acton's favoured prisoners had testified on his behalf, introducing contradictory evidence that the trial judge stressed to the jury. A stream of witnesses spoke of his good character, including a judge, an MP, his butcher, brewer, confectioner and solicitor—his
514:, debtors in England were routinely imprisoned at the pleasure of their creditors. Around 10,000 people in England and Wales were in prison for debt in 1641, often for small amounts. In the 18th century debtors comprised over half the prison population: 945 of London's 1,500 prisoners in 1779 were debtors. According to
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chapel—had been part of the old
Borough gaol and were considerably run down. The cells were so rotten they were barely able to confine the prisoners; in 1817 one actually broke through his cell walls. The low boundary wall meant that Admiralty prisoners were often chained to bolts fixed to the floor in the infirmary.
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Borough High Street by iron gates. Imprisonment for debt was finally outlawed in England in 1869, except in cases of fraud or refusal to pay, and in the 1870s the Home Office demolished most of the prison buildings, though in 1955 parts of it were still in use by George Harding & Sons, hardware merchants.
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was writing in 1833. Women were asked for a smaller sum. The fee allowed prisoners to use the snuggery, where water could be boiled and meals cooked, and candles and newspapers obtained. Prisoners failing to pay were declared defaulters by the prison crier, had their names written up in the kitchen, and were
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The buildings and land were auctioned off in July 1843 and purchased for £5,100 by W. G. Hicks, an ironmonger. The property consisted of the keeper's house, the canteen (known as a suttling house), the
Admiralty section, the chapel, a three-storey brick building and eight brick houses, all closed off
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According to the anonymous eyewitness, women in the
Marshalsea were in constant moral danger: "How often has female virtue been assailed in poverty? Alas how often has it fallen, in consequence of a husband or a father having been a prisoner for debt?" The prison doctor would visit every other day to
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His mother, Elizabeth Barrow, and her three youngest children joined her husband in the
Marshalsea in April 1824. Dickens would visit them every Sunday until he found lodgings in Lant Street, closer to the prison, in the attic of a house belonging to the vestry clerk of St George's Church. This meant
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visited the first
Marshalsea in December 1802, just 34 debtors were living there, along with eight wives and seven children. Neild wrote that it was in "a most ruinous and insecure state, and the habitations of the debtors wretched in the extreme". There had been riots in the prison in 1749 and 1768.
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When the miserable Wretch hath worn out the
Charity of his Friends, and consumed the Money, which he hath raised upon his Cloaths, and Bedding, and hath eat his last Allowance of Provisions, he usually in a few Days grows weak, for want of Food, with the symptoms of a hectick Fever; and when he is no
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in 1729 for murder that the strong room was the best room in the house. Ginger writes that Acton and his wife, who lived in a comfortable apartment near the lodge, knew they were sitting on a powder keg: "When each morning the smell of freshly baked bread filled ... the yard ... only brutal
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Prisoners on the master's side rarely ventured to the common side. John Baptist Grano went there just once, on 5 August 1728, writing in his diary: "I thought it would have kill'd me." There was no need for other prisoners to see it, John Ginger writes. It was enough that they knew it existed to keep
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shop run in 1728 by a Mr and Mrs Cary, both prisoners, which sold candles, soap and a little food. There was a coffee shop run in 1729 by a long-term prisoner, Sarah Bradshaw, and a steak house called Titty Doll's run by another prisoner, Richard McDonnell, and his wife. There was also a tailor and a
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Southern front of the north side of the first Marshalsea, 1773. The building with columns contained the courthouse; to its right are the oaks, with chandler's shop on the ground floor. The door to the notorious strong room, where prisoners were held next to the prison sewer, is farthest on the right.
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My reader will judge of its malignity when I assure him that my cloaths were in my first journeys so offensive that in a post chaise I could not bear the windows drawn up: and was therefore often obliged to travel on horseback. The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not
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to north. Runs east–west, forming northern boundary to public gardens, formerly churchyard. Approx 4m high. Curved rebate about half way along. To east of this a pair of later segment-headed openings contain C20 wrought-iron gates. Some small openings, blocked; much patching and reinforcing with tie
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A little further on, I found the older and smaller wall, which used to enclose the pent-up inner prison where nobody was put, except for ceremony. But, whosoever goes into Marshalsea Place, turning out of Angel Court, leading to Bermondsey, will find his feet on the very paving-stones of the extinct
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According to Dickens specialist Trey Philpotts, the newest arrival was usually placed with the youngest prisoner who was living alone. A wealthier prisoner could pay his roommate to go away—"buy out the chum"—for half-a-crown a week in 1818, while the outcast chum would sleep in the tap room or find
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As dreadful as the Marshalsea was, it kept the creditors away. Debtors could even arrange to have themselves arrested by a business partner to enter the jail when it suited them. Historian Margot Finn writes that discharge was therefore used as a punishment; one debtor was thrown out in May 1801 for
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As a result of the Gaols Committee's inquiries, several key figures within the jails were tried for murder in August 1729, including Thomas Bambridge of the Fleet and William Acton of the Marshalsea. Given the strongly worded report of the Gaols Committee, the trials were major public events. Ginger
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The men's sick ward in the Marshalsea, Gaols Committee, 1729: "For along the Side of the Walls of that Ward, Boards were laid upon Trestles, like a Dresser in a Kitchen; and under them, between those Trestles, were laid on the Floor, one Tire of sick Men, and upon the Dresser another Tire, and over
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The surviving wall runs along an alleyway that was part of the prison, now called Angel Place. The name Angel Place has led to confusion because there were two alleyways on the north side of the Marshalsea (Angel Court and Angel Alley), the first of which Dickens refers to when giving directions to
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he smugglers habitually consorted with the debtors ... except at certain constitutional moments when somebody came from some Office, to go through some form of overlooking something, which neither he nor anybody else knew anything about. On those truly British occasions, the smugglers, if any,
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We are quiet here; we don't get badgered here; there's no knocker, sir, to be hammered at by creditors and bring a man's heart into his mouth. Nobody comes here to ask if a man's at home, and to say he'll stand on the door mat till he is. Nobody writes threatening letters about money to this place.
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Much of the prison business was run by a debtors' committee of nine prisoners and a chair (a position held by Dickens' father). Appointed on the last Wednesday of each month, and meeting every Monday at 11 am, the committee was responsible for imposing fines for rules violations, an obligation
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Originally built to hold pirates, the strong room was just a few yards from the prison's sewer. It was never cleaned, had no drain, no sunlight, no fresh air—the smell was described as "noisome"—and was full of rats and sometimes "several barrow fulls of dung". Several prisoners told the court that
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All the Support such poor Wretches have to subsist on, is an accidental Allowance of Pease, given once a week by a Gentleman, who conceals his Name, and about Thirty Pounds of Beef, provided by the voluntary Contribution of the Judge and Officers of the Marshalsea, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday;
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awaiting burial. Dickens described it as "dreaded by even the most dauntless highwaymen and bearable only to toads and rats". One apparently diabetic army officer who died in the strong room—he had been ejected from the common side because inmates had complained about the smell of his urine—had his
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college and functioned as an extortion racket. Debtors in the 18th century who could afford the prison fees had access to a bar, shop and restaurant, and retained the crucial privilege of being allowed out during the day, which gave them a chance to earn money for their creditors. Everyone else was
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Some of my readers may have an interest in being informed whether or no any portions of the Marshalsea Prison are yet standing. I did not know, myself, until the sixth of this present month, when I went to look. I found the outer front courtyard, often mentioned in this story, metamorphosed into a
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The presence of wives, lovers and daughters was taken for granted. Visitors could come and go freely, and even live with the prisoners, without being asked who they were. Female prisoners were allowed to mix with the men. Some of the rooms were let to prostitutes. The prison gates were closed from
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Upon arrival, new prisoners were expected to pay garnish, a donation to the prisoners' committee. When the commissioners reported to Parliament between 1815 and 1818, male prisoners were paying five shillings and sixpence, increased to eight shillings and sixpence by the time the anonymous witness
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Women debtors were housed in rooms over the tap room. The rooms in the barracks (the men's rooms) were 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) square and 8–9 ft (2.4–2.7 m) high, with a window, wooden floors and a fireplace. Each housed two or three prisoners, and as the rooms were too small
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The barracks was less than 10 yards wide and 33 yards long (9 m × 30 m) and was divided into eight houses, each with three floors, containing 56 rooms in all. Each floor had seven rooms facing the front and seven in the back. There were no internal hallways. The rooms
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Prisoners would often take their families with them, which meant that entire communities sprang up inside the debtors' jails. The community created its own economy, with jailers charging for room, food, drink and furniture, or selling concessions to others, and attorneys charging fees in fruitless
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English Heritage: "SOUTHWARK TQ3279 BOROUGH HIGH STREET 636-1/5/104 (East side) 30 September 1977 Wall forming north boundary of public gardens, formerly St George's Churchyard (Formerly Listed as: BOROUGH HIGH STREET (East side) Wall to north of Public Gardens formerly St George's Churchyard) II
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London Footprints: " had been an inn prior to 1535 and became the Sheriff's Prison in 1540. The Surrey County, started in 1513, moved to the site in 1580 and a Bridewell of 1601 in 1654. The Bridewell, or House of Correction, had a chapel of 1661 which was later rebuilt in 1723. It closed in 1666
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They were supposed to have a separate yard to exercise in, so that criminals were not mixing with debtors, but in fact the prisoners mixed often and happily, according to Dickens. The parliamentary committee deplored this practice, arguing that Admiralty prisoners were characterized by an "entire
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James Neild visited the Marshalsea again during the first year of the new building's existence, publishing a description of it in 1812. This was supplemented by reports from the Committees and Commissioners on the State and Management of Prisons in London and Elsewhere, published between 1815 and
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The first case against Acton, before Mr. Baron Carter, was for the murder in 1726 of Thomas Bliss, a carpenter and debtor. Unable to pay the prison fees, Bliss had been left with so little to eat that he had tried to escape by throwing a rope over the wall, but his pursuers severed it and he fell
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By all accounts, living conditions in the common side were horrific. In 1639 prisoners complained that 23 women were being held in one room without space to lie down, leading to a revolt, with prisoners pulling down fences and attacking the guards with stones. Prisoners were regularly beaten
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By the 18th century, the prison had separate areas for its two classes of prisoner: the master's side, which housed about 50 rooms for rent, and the common or poor side, consisting of nine small rooms, or wards, into which 300 people were confined from dusk until dawn. Room rents on the
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The Marshalsea occupied two buildings on the same street in Southwark. The first dated back to the 14th century at what would now be 161 Borough High Street, between King Street and Mermaid Court. By the late 16th century, the building was "crumbling". In 1799 the government reported that it
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After paying garnish, prisoners were given a "chum ticket", which told them which room was theirs and which prisoners they would be chumming with. They would often spend the first night in the infirmary until a room could be made ready, and sometimes three or four nights walking around the yard
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Much of the prison was demolished in the 1870s, although parts of it were used as shops and rooms into the 20th century. A local library now stands on the site. All that is left of the Marshalsea is the long brick wall that marked its southern boundary, the existence of what Dickens called "the
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for mutiny, desertion, piracy, and what the deputy marshal preferred in 1815 to call "unnatural crimes", a euphemism for sex between men. Unlike other parts of the prison that had been built from scratch in 1811, the Admiralty division—as well as the northern boundary wall, the dayroom and the
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Known as the castle by inmates, the prison had a turreted lodge at the entrance, with a side room called the pound, where new prisoners would wait until a room was found for them. The front lodge led to a courtyard known as the park. This had been divided in two by a long narrow wall, so that
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Like the first Marshalsea, the second was notoriously cramped. In 1827, 414 out of its 630 debtors were there for debts under £20; 1,890 people in Southwark were imprisoned that year for a total debt of £16,442. The debtors' section consisted of a brick barracks, a yard measuring 177 ft
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The court was told of three other cases. Captain John Bromfield, Robert Newton and James Thompson all died after similar treatment from Acton: a beating, followed by time in the hole or strong room, before being moved to the sick ward, where they were left to lie on the floor in leg irons.
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Marshalsea jail; will see its narrow yard to the right and to the left, very little altered if at all, except that the walls were lowered when the place got free; will look upon the rooms in which the debtors lived; and will stand among the crowding ghosts of many miserable years.
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longer able to stand, if he can raise 3d to pay the Fee of the common Nurse of the Prison, he obtains the Liberty of being carried into the Sick Ward, and lingers on for about a Month or two, by the assistance of the above-mentioned Prison Portion of Provision, and then dies.
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wrote in 1749: "The scene is the committee. On the table are the instruments of torture. A prisoner in rags, half-starved, appears before them. The poor man has a good countenance, that adds to the interest. On the other hand is the inhuman gaoler. It is the very figure that
586:. John Cope, esquire, is described as marshal of the marshalsea hospice in 1412; William Bradwardyn was described as marshal in 1421. Robert Fayrford is named as a coroner in the court of the Marshalsea Hospice, in 1433; Further, Henry Langton, as marshall, in 1452.
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The painting was commissioned by Sir Archibald Grant, MP for Aberdeenshire, believed to be standing third from the right in the foreground. Sir John Perceval, first earl of Egmont, sits two chairs to the right of Oglethorpe. He later became president of the Georgia
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rods. Enamel plaque over entrances inscribed: 'This site was originally the MARSHALSEA PRISON made famous by the late Charles Dickens in his work Little Dorrit'. The wall formed the southern boundary of the Marshalsea Prison, where Dickens's father was imprisoned."
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made a feint of walking into the strong cells and the blind alley, while this somebody pretended to do his something; and made a reality of walking out again as soon as he hadn't done it—neatly epitomizing the administration of most of the public affairs, in our
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Philpotts writes that the only discrepancies are that William Dorrit would have had to move in 1811 from the first to the second Marshalsea, and that Dickens locates the chandler's shop in the tap room, whereas a floor plan locates it in the female debtors'
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Prisoners had to pay rent, feed and clothe themselves and, in the larger prisons, furnish their rooms. One man found not guilty at trial in 1669 was not released because he owed prison fees from his pre-trial confinement, a position supported by the judge,
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who owed £55, and a Mr. Blundell, a jeweller. Women prisoners who could pay the fees were housed in the women's quarters, known as the oak. The wives, daughters and lovers of male prisoners were allowed to live with them, if someone was paying their way.
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to America or Australia (1867). In 1774 there were just over 4,000 prisoners in Britain, half of them debtors, out of a population of six million. (In 2010 there were over 85,000 prisoners in England and Wales out of a population of 56 million.)
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When William Acton ran the jail in the 1720s, the income from charities, collected to buy food for inmates on the common side, was directed instead to a group of trusted prisoners who policed the prison on Acton's behalf. The same group swore during
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crammed into one of nine small rooms with dozens of others, possibly for years for the most modest of debts, which increased as unpaid prison fees accumulated. The poorest faced starvation and, if they crossed the jailers, torture with skullcaps and
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In February 1729 the House of Commons appointed a parliamentary committee, the Gaols Committee, chaired by Oglethorpe, to examine conditions in the Fleet and Marshalsea. The committee visited the Fleet on 27 February and the Marshalsea on 25 March.
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the rental money, legal fees and other gratuities flowing from their families, fees that anywhere else would have seen them living in the lap of luxury, but which in the Marshalsea could be trusted merely to stave off disease and starvation.
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thought Acton "improper for the post he was in from his too great compassion"—and he was found not guilty on all charges. The Gaols Committee had managed to draw attention to the plight of England's prisoners, but reform had eluded them.
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Until the 19th century imprisonment in England was not viewed as a punishment, except for minor offences such as vagrancy; prisons simply held people until their creditors had been paid or their fate decided by judges. Options included
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front lodge, the first Marshalsea was set slightly back from Borough High Street. There is no record of when it was built. Historian Jerry White writes that it existed by 1300, but according to Ida Darlington, editor of the 1955
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prisoners from the common side could not be seen by those on the master's side, who preferred not to be distressed by the sight of abject poverty, especially when they might themselves be plunged into it at any moment.
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So concerned was Acton for his reputation that he requested the indictments be read out in Latin, but his worries were misplaced. The government wanted an acquittal to protect the good name of the Knight Marshal, Sir
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533:(reigned 1760–1820), new legislation prevented debts of under 40 shillings leading to jail (equivalent to £382 in 2023) but even the smallest debt would exceed that once lawyers' fees were added. Under the
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were accessed directly from the outside via eight narrow wooden staircases, a fire hazard given that the stairs provided the sole exit and the houses were separated only by thin lathe and plaster partitions.
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The wall is marked on the garden side, on what would have been the external wall of the prison, by a plaque from the local council. There is also a paving stone with information about Dickens's father. The
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This has led to confusion because there is an alley called Angel Place to the north of what remains of the southern prison wall. The current Angel Place was part of the site of the Marshalsea prison. See
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began, which saw 164,000 men and women transported on 806 ships between then and 1867. Several prisons built by central government during that period held convicts awaiting transportation, most notably
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reflects the real prison of the 1820s. According to Philpotts, Dickens rarely made mistakes and did not exaggerate; if anything, he downplayed the licentiousness of Marshalsea life, perhaps to protect
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ten at night until eight the next morning, with a bell warning visitors half an hour before closing time, and an officer walking around the prison calling, "Strangers, women and children all out!"
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owned a jail in Penzance, where Howard found a debtor in a room 11 ft × 11 ft and 6 ft high, with a small window. The door of the room had not been opened for four weeks.
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wrote in 1885 that it was full of "poets, pirates, parsons, plotters; coiners, libellers, defaulters, Jesuits; vagabonds of every class who vexed the souls of men in power ..." During the
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Churchyard wall, now boundary wall to public gardens. C18 with early C19 and later alterations. Dull red brick, the top 9 courses in London Stocks, with flat stone coping, part missing. Brick
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was sent to the Marshalsea on 15 July 1591, charged with "diuerse greate and fonde matters"; Drury was involved in 1593 with the allegation of atheism against the playwright
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use it till after spreading it an hour or two before the fire: and even my antidote, a vial of vinegar, has after using it in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable.
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Gaols Committee, 14 May 1729: " Day seldom passed without a Death, and upon the advancing of the Spring, not less than Eight or Ten usually died every 24 Hours."
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Most of the first Marshalsea, as with the second, was taken up by debtors; in 1773 debtors within 12 miles of Westminster could be imprisoned there for a debt of 40
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House of Lords Records Office, "An Account of the Prisoners in the Marshalsea, February 1729", cited in Ginger 1998, p. 25, n. 99; White 2009, p. 84.
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crowding ghosts of many miserable years" recalled only by a plaque from the local council. "t is gone now," he wrote, "and the world is none the worse without it."
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The Cry of the Oppressed: Being a True and Tragical Account of the Unparallel'd Sufferings of Multitudes of Poor Imprison'd Debtors in Most of the Gaols in England
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absence of all control", and were bound to have a bad effect on the debtors. The two groups would retreat to their own sections during inspections, Dickens wrote:
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Eighteenth-century prisons were effectively lodging houses. Poorly maintained and often filthy, they might consist of a couple of rooms in a cellar. Before the
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for two beds, prisoners had to share. Apart from the bed, prisoners were expected to provide their own furniture. The anonymous witness complained in 1833:
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Although the first Marshalsea survived for 500 years, and the second for just 38, it is the latter that became widely known, thanks largely to
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efforts to get the debtors out. Prisoners' families, including children, often had to find employment simply to cover the cost of the imprisonment.
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and other iron, then charge for their removal, known as "easement of irons" (or "choice of irons"); this became known as the "trade of chains".
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writes that London's poorest debtors were housed in the Marshalsea. Wealthier debtors secured their removal from the Marshalsea by writ of
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which is divided into very small Portions, of about an Ounce and a half, distributed with One-Fourth-part of an Half-penny Loaf ...
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Jones, W. R. (1970). "The Court of the Verge: The Jurisdiction of the Steward and Marshal of the Household in Later Medieval England",
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An account of the rise, progress, and present state, of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts
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Tambling, Jeremy (2009). "New Prisons, New Criminals, New Masculinity: Dickens and Reade". In Lauterbach, Frank; Alber, Jan (eds.).
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1217:(1855–1857), whose main character, Amy, is born in the Marshalsea. Trey Philpotts writes that every detail about the Marshalsea in
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What often finished them off was being forced to lie in the strong room, a windowless shed near the main sewer, next to piles of
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Legislation began to address the problem from 1649 onwards, but it was slow to make a difference. Helen Small writes that, under
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had a one-room cellar in Chesterfield that housed four prisoners, with no straw or heat, which had not been cleaned for months.
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Bliss was left in the strong room for three weeks wearing a skullcap (a heavy vice for the head), thumb screws, iron collar,
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at York and another at Canterbury. There is a reference to the Marshalsea prison in Southwark being set on fire in 1381 by
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McGowen, Randall (1995). "The Well-Ordered Prison: England, 1780–1865" in Norval Morris and David J. Rothman (eds.),
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It's freedom, sir, it's freedom! ... we have got to the bottom, we can't fall, and what have we found? Peace.
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when prisoners were moved to the (Old) Marshalsea. The Surrey County was transferred to Horsemonger Lane in 1799."
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barber, and prisoners from the master's side could hire prisoners from the common side to act as their servants.
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Bain, Rodney M. (Spring 1989). "The Prison Death of Robert Castell and its Effect on the Founding of Georgia",
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visited the Marshalsea on 16 March 1774. He reported that there was no infirmary, and that the practice of "
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20 feet into the prison yard. Wanting to know who had supplied the rope, Acton beat him with a bull's
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The committee was shocked by the prisoners' living conditions. In the Fleet they found Sir William Rich, a
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The prison became known around the world in the 19th century through the writing of the English novelist
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Adams, Robyn (June 2009). "'The Service I am Here for': William Herle in the Marshalsea Prison, 1571",
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before a chum could be found, although they were already being charged for the room they did not have.
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The words "right little, tight little island" come from an 1841 song, "The Snug Little Island", by
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McIntosh, Marjorie K. (1979). "Immediate Royal Justice: The Marshalsea Court in Havering, 1358",
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Although most Marshalsea prisoners were debtors, the prison was second in importance only to the
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A Report from the Committee Appointed to enquire into the State of the Goals of this Kingdom
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accompanied the committee on its visit to the Fleet, sketching it, then painting it in oil
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travelled around the country in the 1770s inspecting jails, and presented his research in
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Pritchard, Allan (November 1963). "Abuses Stript and Whipt and Wither's Imprisonment".
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Painting of the Marshalsea in the early 1900s, after it had closed, by American artist
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master's side were ten shillings a week in 1728, with most prisoners forced to share.
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would be rebuilt 130 yards (120 m) south on what is now 211 Borough High Street.
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Christopher Marlowe and Richard Baines: Journeys through the Elizabethan Underground
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Instruments of torture used on prisoners, from a report by the Gaols Committee, 1729
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The Life of John Howard: With Comments on His Character and Philanthropic Labours
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Cooper, Robert Alan (1976). "Ideas and Their Execution: English Prison Reform",
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Prison courtyard, c. 1897, when the buildings were being let as rooms and shops.
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This plan of the second Marshalsea was drawn up in 1842 when it was closed; see
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ended up in the Marshalsea in 1685 or 1687 for striking the Duke of Devonshire,
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between 1719 and 1772. Thereafter prisoners were held in disused ships called
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closed in 1842, two debtors were found to have been there for 30 years.
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Stones of Law, Bricks of Shame: Narrating Imprisonment in the Victorian Age
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Intellectuals regularly found themselves in the Marshalsea. The playwright
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist
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3886:"Pain and Degradation in Georgian London: Life in the Marshalsea Prison"
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McConville, Sean (1995). "The Victorian Prison: England (1865–1965)" in
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For the poorest of debtors, White 2009, p. 71; White 2012, p.
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http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT3/H6/CP40no764/bCP40no764dorses/IMG_1448.htm
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Shakespeare, Co-Author: A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays
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McGowen 1995, pp. 73–74; Philpotts 1991; Hughes 1998, p. 37.
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face eaten by rats within hours of his death, according to a witness.
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MP, on the state of the Fleet and the Marshalsea, and the subsequent
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The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740–1914
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions
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The Curious Mr Howard: Legendary Prison Reformer". Waterside Press.
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Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
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1981:"Prison population hits record 85,000 after end of early releases"
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Renaissance and Reformation, 1500–1620: A Biographical Dictionary
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Riggs, David (2004). "Marlowe's life", in Patrick Cheney (ed.),
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Cobbett 1813, pp. 512ff, 526ff; White 2009, pp. 90–91.
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Cobbett's Complete Collections of State Trials and Proceedings
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1633:(1842), Portland (1848), Portsmouth (1850) and Chatham (1856).
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and suspected theft; his appointment in 1555 as headmaster of
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London in the Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Southwark
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A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark
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An Expose of the Practice of the Palace, or Marshalsea Court
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An Expose of the Practice of the Palace, or Marshalsea Court
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Jones 1970, pp. 7–8; McIntosh 1979, pp. 728, 733.
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suppression could prevent the Common Side from erupting."
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Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, and Cunningham, Peter (1891).
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Small, Helen (2004) . Appendix III in Charles Dickens,
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Thornbury 1872, p. 17; Philpotts 2003, p. 90.
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Philpotts, Trey (Autumn 1991). "The Real Marshalsea".
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Pitofsky 2000, p. 88; White 2009, pp. 92–93.
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Debtors, pirates, smugglers, those accused of sedition
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Young, George F. (1932). "The Marshalsea Revisited",
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A Treatise on the Police and Crimes of the Metropolis
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1991:"England and Wales population rises 3.7m in 10 years"
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was jailed there for his involvement in drafting the
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750:for the head that weighed 12 pounds (5.4 kg).
3830:, Volume 1, London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin.
3725:
3214:
2622:
2620:
2001:
1866:
1864:
1862:
1860:
1858:
1748:The spot I should hit on would be little Britain!"
697:There was a bar run by the governor's wife, and a
3579:The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
3024:
2905:
2903:
2425:Ginger 1998, p. 296; White 2009, p. 83.
2421:
2419:
2067:
2065:
1961:McGowen 1995, p. 72; West 2011, p. 164.
649:of William Acton, the Marshalsea's chief jailor.
5150:
3351:The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors
2930:
2687:
2378:
2376:
2349:Ginger 1998, p. 45; White 2009, p. 79.
2336:
2334:
2332:
2228:
2226:
2224:
1293:"making a Noise and disturbance in the prison".
1176:1818. More material is available in a pamphlet,
1134:
970:was sent to the Marshalsea in 1597 for his play
3924:Kent, William (1927). "The Marshalsea Prison",
3846:. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green.
3690:State of Prisons in England, Scotland and Wales
3504:
3151:Philpotts 2003, pp. 92–94; Philpotts 1991.
2617:
2598:
2573:
2557:
2541:
2367:
2240:
2238:
1855:
1845:
1750:Says Freedom "Why that's my own little island!"
540:
3788:The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe
3501:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3494:, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
3311:
3208:
3124:
3105:
3047:
2900:
2894:
2779:
2777:
2729:"O'Connor Faly (Ó Conchobhair Failghe), Brian"
2678:
2526:
2416:
2062:
1955:
1180:, written in 1833 by an anonymous eyewitness.
228:
4571:
4333:
4011:
3809:, London: Penguin Classics, pp. 906–911.
3611:
3567:The State of the Prisons in England And Wales
3277:, English Heritage National Monuments Record.
2999:Neild 1812, cited in Small 2004, p. 909.
2983:
2981:
2979:
2977:
2971:Neild 1812, cited in Small 2004, p. 908.
2949:
2832:
2830:
2492:
2490:
2373:
2329:
2221:
1989:Lizzy Davis and Simon Rogers (16 July 2012).
1406:
633:'s trumpeters at the opera house in London's
466:The State of the Prisons in England and Wales
3481:English Heritage National Monuments Record.
2235:
72:, the first 1373–1811, the second 1811–1842.
3521:Handel's Trumpeter: The Diary of John Grano
3469:John Howard, and the Prison-world of Europe
3330:The Fleet: Its River, Prison, and Marriages
2774:
2726:
2498:The Gaols Committee of the House of Commons
814:The Gaols Committee of the House of Commons
767:
738:with a "bull's pizzle" (a whip made from a
646:
5204:History of the London Borough of Southwark
4578:
4564:
4340:
4326:
4018:
4004:
3608:, Volume 3, London: Charles Knight and Co.
3461:The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
3139:The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
2974:
2827:
2696:Wheatley and Cunningham 1891, p. 477.
2487:
639:A Journal of My Life inside the Marshalsea
3972:Location of the remaining Marshalsea wall
3757:
3723:
3710:
3398:"Old Palace of the Marshalsea, Southwark"
3154:
3109:
3063:
3059:
3035:
2987:
2967:
2965:
2943:
2705:
2019:McGowen 1995, p. 76; Philpotts 1991.
1913:"Marshal", "Marshalcy" and "Marshalsea",
1756:Search the globe round, none can be found
1744:Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say,
1606:United States Declaration of Independence
936:
890:
710:
3812:
3672:. London: Associated University Presses.
3556:A History of Criminal Justice in England
3251:
2144:
2114:(footnote), and Griffiths 1884, p.
1410:
1369:
1348:
1248:
1232:
1143:
996:, it became the main holding prison for
962:
894:
808:
724:
656:
549:
487:
367:
232:
3817:. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
3471:, London: Robert Carter & Brothers.
3384:, Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group.
1296:
1071:, vicar of Braintree and headmaster of
912:
866:. The painting was commissioned by Sir
774:
14:
5151:
3515:
3464:, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
3455:, Volume 18, London: Chapman and Hall.
3417:, 10(1), Autumn 1976, pp. 73–93.
2962:
1833:
1821:
1461:has one of the prison's pumps and the
1317:
181:(1373–1842) was a notorious prison in
4585:
4559:
4347:
4321:
3999:
3377:, London: Edwin Mellen Press Limited.
3375:A History of the Fleet Prison, London
1928:
1378:if they were mentally ill, or to the
1211:(1849–1850), and most extensively in
363:
64:The prison occupied two locations in
51:First Marshalsea Prison, 18th century
4807:Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
3363:, London: Chatto & Windus, 1912.
2927:Philpotts 2003, pp. 8, 115–116.
1754:A right little, tight little island,
1652:Marshal of the Court of King's Bench
958:
900:them hung a Third Tire in Hammocks."
545:
3986:Borough High Street end of the wall
1489:Court of the first Marshalsea, 1800
392:(ended 1964), flogging (1961), the
24:
3918:
3837:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3651:, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3644:, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3624:from the original on 20 April 2013
3308:, Victorian Web, 22 November 2004.
2792:Neild 1802, p. 207; also see
2720:
1852:; also see White 2009, p. 69.
1686:Richard Horwood's 18th-century map
1445:Richard Horwood's 18th-century map
1427:, just north of the junction with
1423:and Local Studies Library, at 211
1031:, was jailed in 1597 for his play
603:, and arranged to be moved to the
483:
27:Former prison in Southwark, London
25:
5215:
5169:1842 disestablishments in England
3965:
3892:, 68(1), Autumn, pp. 69–98.
3754:, 24(1), Winter, pp. 88–102.
3353:. London: Alan Sutton Publishing.
2734:The Dictionary of Irish Biography
1338:right little, tight little island
1158:shows Amy leaving the Marshalsea.
404:(1817), joining the military, or
5131:
5130:
5022:Lord Mayor of the City of London
4540:
4539:
4184:
3865:Anecdotes of Painting in England
3732:. London: Helm Information Ltd.
3483:Remaining wall of the Marshalsea
3474:Dixon, William Hepworth (1885).
3467:Dixon, William Hepworth (1856).
3337:The Georgia Historical Quarterly
3292:The Huntington Library Quarterly
3275:Remaining wall of the Marshalsea
3268:
3242:
3226:
3193:
3176:
3167:
3145:
3130:
3099:
3086:
3069:
3053:
3011:
3002:
2993:
2727:O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009).
2580:; Ginger 1998, pp. 218–219.
2122:, and for Chesterfield, p.
1764:
1758:So happy as this little island.
1729:
1716:
1707:
1530:
1518:
1506:
1494:
1482:
1477:First Marshalsea, published 1803
1470:
1443:the prison remains in 1857. See
652:
372:Notice remaining on a bridge in
45:
3881:. London: Scribner and Welford.
3693:, London: John Nichols and Son.
3684:. London: John Nichols and Son.
3505:Gaols Committee (14 May 1729).
2921:
2912:
2846:
2818:
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2786:
2765:
2756:
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2656:
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2608:
2592:
2583:
2567:
2551:
2517:
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2478:
2465:
2456:
2453:; Hostettler 2009, p. 152.
2443:
2428:
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2385:
2352:
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2316:
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2256:
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2150:
2138:
2129:
2110:For Ely, Howard 1777, pp.
2104:
2095:
2074:
2053:
2040:
2031:
2022:
2013:
1973:
1964:
1946:
1937:
1907:
1890:
1746:"If ever I lived upon dry land.
1697:
1677:
1667:
1657:
1650:and for the prison kept by the
1636:
1598:
1453:], marked by the number 2.
468:(1777). In a jail owned by the
285:was originally the name of the
5164:1373 establishments in England
4767:1908 Franco-British Exhibition
4025:
3728:The Companion to Little Dorrit
3587:The Journal of British Studies
3427:Darlington, Ida (ed.) (1955).
3370:, London: T. and G. Underwood.
3283:
1873:
1839:
1802:
1789:
1752:Oh, it's a snug little island,
1694:], marked by the number 2.
1585:
1576:
1053:without her father's consent.
720:
13:
1:
3760:The Review of English Studies
3640:and David J. Rothman (eds.),
3551:, Volume 1, Chapman and Hall.
3446:, London: Bradbury and Evans.
3410:, Vol 17. London: R. Bagshaw.
3366:Brown, James Baldwin (1823).
3304:Allingham, Philip V. (2004).
2806:about the Marshalsea in 1803.
2804:replying to a reader's letter
2675:Adams 2009, pp. 220–221.
2413:Ginger 1998, pp. 46, 67.
2265: ; 5th entry from bottom
2037:McGowen 1995, pp. 71–73.
2010:McConville 1995, p. 121.
1979:Alan Travis (23 April 2010).
1783:
1564:United Kingdom insolvency law
1135:Second Marshalsea (1811–1842)
1075:, was sent there in 1541 for
223:
4999:London Metropolitan Archives
3649:Oxford History of the Prison
3642:Oxford History of the Prison
3519:(1998). Ginger, John (ed.).
3478:, Volume 2, London: Bickers.
3380:Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001).
3223:Philpotts 2003, p. 100.
3008:Philpotts 2003, p. 102.
2501:, National Portrait Gallery.
2253:Darlington 1955, ch. 2.
2135:Barty-King 1991, p. 38.
1537:Plaque on the remaining wall
853:in the moment of detection."
541:First Marshalsea (1373–1811)
304:
248:referred to the office of a
7:
5027:Wards of the City of London
4873:Metropolitan Board of Works
3539:library in Oxford in 1756.)
3511:. London: House of Commons.
3294:, 72(2), pp. 217–238.
3199:Philpotts 2003, p. 96.
3173:Philpotts 2003, p. 95.
2771:Riggs 2004, pp. 37–38.
2564:; Ginger 1998, p. 218.
2523:White 2009, pp. 76–77.
1952:Philpotts 2003, p. 90.
1870:Philpotts 2003, p. 91.
1542:
1393:. He wrote in the preface:
1148:The original title page of
1139:
1018:1571 plot to kill the Queen
229:Etymology, Marshalsea Court
10:
5220:
5017:City of London Corporation
4772:The Battle of Cable Street
4664:Norman and Medieval London
3701:"Book 3, Ch. 1: Southwark"
3458:Dickens, Charles (1900) .
3415:Eighteenth-Century Studies
2918:Philpotts 2003, p. 8.
2762:Kendall 2003, p. 244.
2614:Corbett 1813, p. 550.
2404:; Field 1850, p. 120.
1625:(built in 1816), and also
1407:Location of prison remains
1228:
1170:
535:Insolvent Debtors Act 1813
499:
29:
5179:Defunct prisons in London
5126:
5060:
5007:
4956:
4913:
4860:
4802:1966 FIFA World Cup final
4787:Abdication of Edward VIII
4719:
4646:
4593:
4535:
4404:
4353:
4307:Defunct prisons in London
4294:
4260:
4234:
4193:
4182:
4033:
3554:Hostettler, John (2009).
3548:The Chronicles of Newgate
3449:Dickens, Charles (1867).
3440:Dickens, Charles (1857).
3373:Brown, Roger Lee (1996).
3349:Barty-King, Hugh (1991).
3339:, 73(1), pp. 67–78.
3300:10.1525/hlq.2009.72.2.217
3112:; Finn 2007, p. 143.
2717:Carney 2001, p. 355.
2684:Vickers 2004, p. 25.
2589:Ginger 1998, p. 295.
2532:Ginger 1998, p. 215.
2475:; White 2009, p. 76.
2462:Ginger 1998, p. 296.
2440:, volume 18, p. 252.
2101:West 2011, p. 169ff.
2080:Griffiths 1884, pp.
2059:McGowen 1997, p. 74.
1915:Oxford English Dictionary
1162:When the prison reformer
629:(1692 – c. 1748), one of
291:Court of the King's Bench
140:
135:
123:
115:
76:
60:
56:
44:
4984:Port of London Authority
4974:London Ambulance Service
4893:Greater London Authority
4517:Tothill Fields Bridewell
3890:History Workshop Journal
3868:. London: Henry G. Bohn.
3851:'Southwark: High Street'
3849:Walford, Edward (1878).
3802:, Volume 21, March 1881.
3800:"In London with Dickens"
3724:Philpotts, Trey (2003).
3614:"Crime & Punishment"
3589:, 10(1), November 1970.
2815:White 2012, p. 454.
2391:Dixon 1856, p. 166.
2382:Ginger 1998, p. 44.
2340:Ginger 1998, p. 45.
2232:Ginger 1998, p. 41.
2218:Adams 2009, p. 221.
2209:Small 2003, p. 909.
2178:Brown 1996, p. 108.
2118:. For Penzance, p.
1569:
1344:
325:and from there north to
267:, from the Old Germanic
30:Not to be confused with
5189:Architecture in England
4842:2012 Summer Paralympics
4457:Giltspur Street Compter
3913:. London: Random House.
3833:Vickers, Brian (2004).
3752:Eighteenth-Century Life
3746:Pitofsky, Alex (2000).
3618:london-footprints.co.uk
3312:An Eye-Witness (1833).
2244:White 2009, p. 71.
2169:Wade 1829, p. 124.
2088:; Hughes 1988, p.
1970:West 2011, p. 164.
1355:Francis Hopkinson Smith
1121:tax imports and exports
1059:Abuses Stript and Whipt
1000:suspected of sedition.
677:(two shillings and six
631:George Frederick Handel
492:Artist's impression of
443:, prison reformer, 1777
4883:Greater London Council
4041:Sir Francis Barrington
3928:23, pp. 260–264.
3772:10.1093/res/XIV.56.337
3332:. London: T. F. Unwin.
3235:, 3(2), 1850, p.
2510:Walpole 1849, p.
2484:Bain 1989, p. 73.
2471:Cobbett 1813, p.
2449:Cobbett 1813, p.
1761:
1416:
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1358:
1342:
1279:
1268:
1254:
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1159:
990:William Hepworth Dixon
977:
937:Other cases, acquittal
905:writes that, when the
901:
891:Trial of William Acton
888:
854:
798:Castell had a friend,
730:
665:
647:murder trial that year
556:
497:
436:
384:
340:, theatres (including
238:
131:of the royal household
5047:City of London Police
4878:London County Council
4752:1854 cholera outbreak
4512:St Giles's Roundhouse
4422:Clerkenwell Bridewell
3935:28, pp. 219–227.
3909:White, Jerry (2012).
3884:White, Jerry (2009).
3687:Neild, James (1812).
3668:Kendall, Roy (2003).
3497:Finn, Margot (2007).
3328:Ashton, John (1888).
3316:. London: G. Berger.
3017:Besant 1912, p.
2743:10.3318/dib.006622.v1
2400:Howard 1777, p.
2187:Ashton 1888, p.
2046:Howard 1777, p.
1741:
1437:London Bridge station
1414:
1395:
1370:Closure and abolition
1352:
1333:
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1264:
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1236:
1147:
1107:. In 1629 the jurist
1093:Giolla Pádraig O'More
966:
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879:
849:would have drawn for
812:
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500:Further information:
491:
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236:
4046:Bishop Edward Bonner
3871:West, Tessa (2011).
3488:Field, John (1850).
3393:Gentleman's Magazine
2874:51.50178°N 0.09212°W
2799:Gentleman's Magazine
2599:Gaols Committee 1729
2574:Gaols Committee 1729
2558:Gaols Committee 1729
2542:Gaols Committee 1729
2368:Gaols Committee 1729
2322:White 2012, p.
2156:White 2012, p.
1846:Gaols Committee 1729
1554:Liberty of the Clink
1513:Remaining wall, 2007
1465:one of its windows.
1463:Dickens House Museum
1433:Borough tube station
1421:John Harvard Library
1297:Garnish and chummage
913:Case of Thomas Bliss
775:1729 Gaols Committee
742:), or tortured with
705:The prison reformer
460:The prison reformer
406:penal transportation
382:penal transportation
185:, just south of the
5118:Scheduled monuments
5078:Palace of Whitehall
5068:St Paul's Cathedral
4989:London sewer system
4979:London Fire Brigade
4969:Metropolitan Police
4948:London independence
4847:Grenfell Tower fire
4777:Festival of Britain
4686:19th-century London
4681:18th-century London
4618:City of Westminster
4527:Wood Street Compter
4502:Palace of Placentia
3957:National Archives.
3950:National Archives.
3840:Wade, John (1829).
3612:London Footprints.
3523:. Pendragon Press.
3517:Grano, John Baptist
3476:Her Majesty's Tower
3209:An Eye-Witness 1833
3125:An Eye-Witness 1833
3106:An Eye-Witness 1833
3092:Finn 2007, p.
3048:An Eye-Witness 1833
2955:Wade 1829, p.
2895:An Eye-Witness 1833
2870: /
2708:, pp. 337 339.
2313:, pp. 678–690.
1824:, pp. 41, 217.
1425:Borough High Street
1380:King's Bench Prison
1318:Admiralty prisoners
1202:The Pickwick Papers
1105:Christopher Marlowe
1085:Brian O'Connor Faly
838:(standing far left)
615:for crimes at sea.
512:Bankruptcy Act 1869
420:. c. 64), then the
323:Borough High Street
299:Palace of Whitehall
252:, derived from the
96: /
70:Borough High Street
41:
5184:Demolished prisons
4994:London Underground
4964:Bow Street Runners
4941:London Green Party
4659:Anglo-Saxon London
4096:John Baptist Grano
3982:Google Street View
3898:10.1093/hwj/dbp011
3854:Old and New London
3827:Old and New London
3795:Scribner's Monthly
3658:, 54(4), October.
3558:, Waterside Press.
3452:All the Year Round
3390:(Sylvanus Urban),
2879:51.50178; -0.09212
2437:All the Year Round
1737:Thomas John Dibdin
1417:
1359:
1255:
1243:
1160:
1081:Westminster School
1047:Christopher Brooke
978:
902:
855:
816:(c. 1729) by
746:and a skullcap, a
731:
671:John Baptist Grano
666:
627:John Baptist Grano
557:
498:
385:
374:Sturminster Newton
364:Prisons in England
331:Geoffrey Chaucer's
239:
154:John Baptist Grano
100:51.5018°N 0.0921°W
39:
5144:
5143:
5098:Westminster Abbey
5042:Lord Mayor's Show
4936:Liberal Democrats
4921:Political parties
4852:COVID-19 pandemic
4812:Anti-war protests
4587:History of London
4553:
4552:
4348:Prisons in London
4315:
4314:
3990:Tennis Street end
3822:Thornbury, Walter
3543:Griffiths, Arthur
2841:London Footprints
1836:, pp. 41–46.
1610:American colonies
1435:, or by train to
1239:clickable version
1208:David Copperfield
1129:William Cavendish
1113:Petition of Right
959:Notable prisoners
826:(seated far left)
546:Overview, sources
327:old London Bridge
263:originally meant
175:
174:
136:Notable prisoners
18:White Lion prison
16:(Redirected from
5211:
5174:Debtors' prisons
5134:
5133:
5083:Westminster Hall
5037:Livery Companies
4762:Great Exhibition
4732:Peasants' Revolt
4628:County of London
4580:
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4557:
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4467:Horsemonger Lane
4417:Bridewell Palace
4342:
4335:
4328:
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4318:
4242:James Oglethorpe
4211:Marshalsea Court
4188:
4187:
4171:Robert Wingfield
4131:Philip Massinger
4101:Nicholas Grimald
4061:Robert Culliford
4020:
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3697:Noorthouck, John
3633:
3631:
3629:
3582:, Vintage Books.
3534:
3512:
3434:Survey of London
3429:"The Marshalsea"
3404:Cobbett, William
3325:
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3248:Darlington 1955.
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2476:
2469:
2463:
2460:
2454:
2447:
2441:
2432:
2426:
2423:
2414:
2411:
2405:
2398:
2392:
2389:
2383:
2380:
2371:
2365:
2359:
2356:
2350:
2347:
2341:
2338:
2327:
2320:
2314:
2308:
2302:
2298:second entry in
2296:
2290:
2284:
2278:
2272:
2266:
2260:
2254:
2251:
2245:
2242:
2233:
2230:
2219:
2216:
2210:
2207:
2201:
2198:
2192:
2185:
2179:
2176:
2170:
2167:
2161:
2154:
2148:
2142:
2136:
2133:
2127:
2108:
2102:
2099:
2093:
2078:
2072:
2069:
2060:
2057:
2051:
2044:
2038:
2035:
2029:
2026:
2020:
2017:
2011:
2008:
1999:
1977:
1971:
1968:
1962:
1959:
1953:
1950:
1944:
1941:
1935:
1932:
1926:
1911:
1905:
1894:
1888:
1877:
1871:
1868:
1853:
1843:
1837:
1831:
1825:
1819:
1813:
1806:
1800:
1793:
1777:
1768:
1762:
1733:
1727:
1720:
1714:
1711:
1705:
1701:
1695:
1681:
1675:
1671:
1665:
1661:
1655:
1640:
1634:
1602:
1596:
1589:
1583:
1580:
1534:
1522:
1510:
1498:
1486:
1474:
1376:Bethlem hospital
1304:sent to Coventry
1288:
1282:—Dr. Haggage in
1187:, whose father,
1034:The Isle of Dogs
973:The Isle of Dogs
830:Thomas Bambridge
822:James Oglethorpe
800:James Oglethorpe
789:Thomas Bambridge
643:James Oglethorpe
584:Peasants' Revolt
571:Survey of London
474:Duke of Portland
444:
422:Prisons Act 1835
287:Marshalsea Court
111:
110:
108:
107:
106:
105:51.5018; -0.0921
101:
97:
94:
93:
92:
89:
49:
42:
38:
21:
5219:
5218:
5214:
5213:
5212:
5210:
5209:
5208:
5149:
5148:
5145:
5140:
5122:
5073:Tower of London
5056:
5052:Bank of England
5003:
4952:
4909:
4903:Mayor of London
4898:London Assembly
4856:
4792:Swinging London
4715:
4642:
4589:
4584:
4554:
4549:
4531:
4522:Tower of London
4507:Poultry Compter
4477:Latchmere House
4437:Coldbath Fields
4412:Borough Compter
4400:
4396:Wormwood Scrubs
4349:
4346:
4316:
4311:
4290:
4261:Books and films
4256:
4230:
4206:Debtors' prison
4189:
4185:
4180:
4156:Richard Shelley
4146:Sally Salisbury
4106:Charlotte Hayes
4029:
4024:
3968:
3921:
3919:Further reading
3916:
3860:Walpole, Horace
3766:(56): 337–345.
3740:
3627:
3625:
3600:Knight, Charles
3531:
3286:
3281:
3273:
3269:
3256:
3252:
3247:
3243:
3231:
3227:
3222:
3215:
3207:
3203:
3198:
3194:
3181:
3177:
3172:
3168:
3159:
3155:
3150:
3146:
3135:
3131:
3123:
3116:
3104:
3100:
3091:
3087:
3074:
3070:
3058:
3054:
3046:
3042:
3034:
3025:
3016:
3012:
3007:
3003:
2998:
2994:
2986:
2975:
2970:
2963:
2954:
2950:
2942:
2931:
2926:
2922:
2917:
2913:
2909:Allingham 2004.
2908:
2901:
2893:
2889:
2878:
2876:
2872:
2869:
2864:
2861:
2859:
2857:
2856:
2853:Wikimapia entry
2851:
2847:
2835:
2828:
2823:
2819:
2814:
2810:
2791:
2787:
2782:
2775:
2770:
2766:
2761:
2757:
2747:
2745:
2725:
2721:
2716:
2712:
2704:
2700:
2695:
2688:
2683:
2679:
2674:
2670:
2661:
2657:
2652:
2648:
2643:
2639:
2634:
2630:
2625:
2618:
2613:
2609:
2597:
2593:
2588:
2584:
2572:
2568:
2556:
2552:
2540:
2536:
2531:
2527:
2522:
2518:
2509:
2505:
2495:
2488:
2483:
2479:
2470:
2466:
2461:
2457:
2448:
2444:
2433:
2429:
2424:
2417:
2412:
2408:
2399:
2395:
2390:
2386:
2381:
2374:
2366:
2362:
2357:
2353:
2348:
2344:
2339:
2330:
2321:
2317:
2311:Noorthouck 1773
2309:
2305:
2297:
2293:
2285:
2281:
2273:
2269:
2261:
2257:
2252:
2248:
2243:
2236:
2231:
2222:
2217:
2213:
2208:
2204:
2199:
2195:
2186:
2182:
2177:
2173:
2168:
2164:
2155:
2151:
2143:
2139:
2134:
2130:
2109:
2105:
2100:
2096:
2079:
2075:
2070:
2063:
2058:
2054:
2045:
2041:
2036:
2032:
2027:
2023:
2018:
2014:
2009:
2002:
1978:
1974:
1969:
1965:
1960:
1956:
1951:
1947:
1942:
1938:
1933:
1929:
1912:
1908:
1895:
1891:
1878:
1874:
1869:
1856:
1844:
1840:
1832:
1828:
1820:
1816:
1807:
1803:
1794:
1790:
1786:
1781:
1780:
1769:
1765:
1760:
1757:
1755:
1753:
1751:
1749:
1747:
1745:
1740:
1734:
1730:
1721:
1717:
1712:
1708:
1702:
1698:
1682:
1678:
1672:
1668:
1662:
1658:
1641:
1637:
1603:
1599:
1590:
1586:
1581:
1577:
1572:
1559:Marshalsea Road
1545:
1538:
1535:
1526:
1523:
1514:
1511:
1502:
1499:
1490:
1487:
1478:
1475:
1409:
1372:
1347:
1320:
1299:
1290:
1281:
1231:
1225:sensibilities.
1185:Charles Dickens
1173:
1150:Charles Dickens
1142:
1137:
1125:Thomas Culpeper
1063:Lord Chancellor
998:Roman Catholics
994:Elizabethan era
982:Tower of London
961:
939:
915:
907:Prince of Wales
893:
868:Archibald Grant
860:William Hogarth
818:William Hogarth
777:
723:
655:
548:
543:
508:
502:Debtors' prison
494:Charles Dickens
486:
484:Debt in England
446:
438:
426:Prison Act 1877
366:
358:Borough Compter
309:Settled by the
307:
295:royal household
277:Medieval Europe
231:
226:
210:Charles Dickens
104:
102:
98:
95:
90:
87:
85:
83:
82:
68:on what is now
52:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
5217:
5207:
5206:
5201:
5196:
5191:
5186:
5181:
5176:
5171:
5166:
5161:
5142:
5141:
5139:
5138:
5127:
5124:
5123:
5121:
5120:
5115:
5113:Fortifications
5110:
5105:
5100:
5095:
5090:
5085:
5080:
5075:
5070:
5064:
5062:
5058:
5057:
5055:
5054:
5049:
5044:
5039:
5034:
5029:
5024:
5019:
5013:
5011:
5009:City of London
5005:
5004:
5002:
5001:
4996:
4991:
4986:
4981:
4976:
4971:
4966:
4960:
4958:
4954:
4953:
4951:
4950:
4945:
4944:
4943:
4938:
4933:
4928:
4917:
4915:
4911:
4910:
4908:
4907:
4906:
4905:
4900:
4895:
4887:
4886:
4885:
4880:
4875:
4866:
4864:
4858:
4857:
4855:
4854:
4849:
4844:
4839:
4838:
4837:
4832:
4827:
4821:Olympic Games
4819:
4814:
4809:
4804:
4799:
4794:
4789:
4784:
4779:
4774:
4769:
4764:
4759:
4754:
4749:
4744:
4739:
4734:
4729:
4723:
4721:
4717:
4716:
4714:
4713:
4708:
4703:
4693:
4688:
4683:
4677:
4676:
4671:
4666:
4661:
4656:
4650:
4648:
4644:
4643:
4641:
4640:
4635:
4633:Greater London
4630:
4625:
4620:
4615:
4613:City of London
4610:
4605:
4599:
4597:
4591:
4590:
4583:
4582:
4575:
4568:
4560:
4551:
4550:
4548:
4547:
4536:
4533:
4532:
4530:
4529:
4524:
4519:
4514:
4509:
4504:
4499:
4494:
4489:
4484:
4479:
4474:
4469:
4464:
4459:
4454:
4449:
4444:
4439:
4434:
4429:
4424:
4419:
4414:
4408:
4406:
4402:
4401:
4399:
4398:
4393:
4388:
4383:
4378:
4373:
4368:
4363:
4357:
4355:
4351:
4350:
4345:
4344:
4337:
4330:
4322:
4313:
4312:
4310:
4309:
4304:
4298:
4296:
4292:
4291:
4289:
4288:
4280:
4272:
4264:
4262:
4258:
4257:
4255:
4254:
4249:
4244:
4238:
4236:
4232:
4231:
4229:
4228:
4223:
4221:Sponging-house
4218:
4213:
4208:
4203:
4197:
4195:
4191:
4190:
4183:
4181:
4179:
4178:
4173:
4168:
4166:Nicholas Udall
4163:
4158:
4153:
4148:
4143:
4138:
4136:George Morland
4133:
4128:
4123:
4118:
4113:
4108:
4103:
4098:
4093:
4088:
4083:
4078:
4073:
4068:
4066:Robert Daborne
4063:
4058:
4053:
4048:
4043:
4037:
4035:
4031:
4030:
4023:
4022:
4015:
4008:
4000:
3994:
3993:
3979:
3967:
3966:External links
3964:
3963:
3962:
3955:
3948:
3938:
3937:
3936:
3933:The Dickensian
3926:The Dickensian
3920:
3917:
3915:
3914:
3907:
3882:
3875:
3869:
3857:
3847:
3838:
3831:
3819:
3810:
3803:
3791:
3784:
3762:. New Series.
3755:
3744:
3738:
3721:
3713:The Dickensian
3708:
3694:
3685:
3673:
3666:
3652:
3645:
3634:
3609:
3602:(ed.) (1841).
3597:
3583:
3574:Hughes, Robert
3571:
3559:
3552:
3540:
3529:
3513:
3502:
3495:
3486:
3479:
3472:
3465:
3456:
3447:
3438:
3425:
3411:
3401:
3385:
3378:
3371:
3364:
3357:Besant, Walter
3354:
3347:
3333:
3326:
3309:
3302:
3287:
3285:
3282:
3280:
3279:
3267:
3250:
3241:
3225:
3213:
3201:
3192:
3175:
3166:
3153:
3144:
3142:, p. 628.
3129:
3114:
3110:Philpotts 1991
3098:
3085:
3068:
3066:, p. 107.
3064:Philpotts 2003
3060:Philpotts 1991
3052:
3040:
3036:Philpotts 2003
3023:
3010:
3001:
2992:
2988:Philpotts 1991
2973:
2961:
2948:
2944:Philpotts 2003
2929:
2920:
2911:
2899:
2887:
2845:
2826:
2817:
2808:
2785:
2773:
2764:
2755:
2719:
2710:
2706:Pritchard 1963
2698:
2686:
2677:
2668:
2655:
2646:
2637:
2628:
2616:
2607:
2591:
2582:
2566:
2550:
2534:
2525:
2516:
2503:
2486:
2477:
2464:
2455:
2442:
2427:
2415:
2406:
2393:
2384:
2372:
2360:
2351:
2342:
2328:
2315:
2303:
2291:
2279:
2274:second entry;
2267:
2255:
2246:
2234:
2220:
2211:
2202:
2193:
2180:
2171:
2162:
2149:
2137:
2128:
2103:
2094:
2073:
2061:
2052:
2039:
2030:
2021:
2012:
2000:
1972:
1963:
1954:
1945:
1936:
1927:
1906:
1889:
1872:
1854:
1838:
1826:
1814:
1801:
1787:
1785:
1782:
1779:
1778:
1763:
1742:
1728:
1715:
1706:
1696:
1676:
1666:
1656:
1648:Knight Marshal
1635:
1597:
1584:
1574:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1567:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1544:
1541:
1540:
1539:
1536:
1529:
1527:
1525:Remaining wall
1524:
1517:
1515:
1512:
1505:
1503:
1500:
1493:
1491:
1488:
1481:
1479:
1476:
1469:
1408:
1405:
1371:
1368:
1346:
1343:
1324:courts-martial
1319:
1316:
1298:
1295:
1273:
1230:
1227:
1172:
1169:
1141:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1131:, on the ear.
1117:Sir John Eliot
1069:Nicholas Udall
1027:, a friend of
960:
957:
948:Philip Meadows
938:
935:
914:
911:
892:
889:
842:Horace Walpole
785:sponging house
776:
773:
722:
719:
654:
651:
620:Philip Meadows
576:Knight Marshal
547:
544:
542:
539:
485:
482:
430:
414:Gaols Act 1823
365:
362:
319:Watling Street
313:around 43 AD,
306:
303:
230:
227:
225:
222:
173:
172:
150:Sir John Eliot
138:
137:
133:
132:
129:Knight Marshal
125:
121:
120:
117:
113:
112:
80:
74:
73:
62:
58:
57:
54:
53:
50:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
5216:
5205:
5202:
5200:
5197:
5195:
5192:
5190:
5187:
5185:
5182:
5180:
5177:
5175:
5172:
5170:
5167:
5165:
5162:
5160:
5157:
5156:
5154:
5147:
5137:
5129:
5128:
5125:
5119:
5116:
5114:
5111:
5109:
5106:
5104:
5101:
5099:
5096:
5094:
5091:
5089:
5088:London Bridge
5086:
5084:
5081:
5079:
5076:
5074:
5071:
5069:
5066:
5065:
5063:
5059:
5053:
5050:
5048:
5045:
5043:
5040:
5038:
5035:
5033:
5030:
5028:
5025:
5023:
5020:
5018:
5015:
5014:
5012:
5010:
5006:
5000:
4997:
4995:
4992:
4990:
4987:
4985:
4982:
4980:
4977:
4975:
4972:
4970:
4967:
4965:
4962:
4961:
4959:
4955:
4949:
4946:
4942:
4939:
4937:
4934:
4932:
4931:Conservatives
4929:
4927:
4924:
4923:
4922:
4919:
4918:
4916:
4912:
4904:
4901:
4899:
4896:
4894:
4891:
4890:
4888:
4884:
4881:
4879:
4876:
4874:
4871:
4870:
4868:
4867:
4865:
4863:
4859:
4853:
4850:
4848:
4845:
4843:
4840:
4836:
4833:
4831:
4828:
4826:
4823:
4822:
4820:
4818:
4815:
4813:
4810:
4808:
4805:
4803:
4800:
4798:
4795:
4793:
4790:
4788:
4785:
4783:
4780:
4778:
4775:
4773:
4770:
4768:
4765:
4763:
4760:
4758:
4755:
4753:
4750:
4748:
4745:
4743:
4740:
4738:
4735:
4733:
4730:
4728:
4725:
4724:
4722:
4718:
4712:
4709:
4707:
4704:
4701:
4697:
4694:
4692:
4689:
4687:
4684:
4682:
4679:
4678:
4675:
4674:Stuart London
4672:
4670:
4667:
4665:
4662:
4660:
4657:
4655:
4652:
4651:
4649:
4645:
4639:
4636:
4634:
4631:
4629:
4626:
4624:
4621:
4619:
4616:
4614:
4611:
4609:
4606:
4604:
4601:
4600:
4598:
4596:
4592:
4588:
4581:
4576:
4574:
4569:
4567:
4562:
4561:
4558:
4546:
4538:
4537:
4534:
4528:
4525:
4523:
4520:
4518:
4515:
4513:
4510:
4508:
4505:
4503:
4500:
4498:
4495:
4493:
4490:
4488:
4485:
4483:
4480:
4478:
4475:
4473:
4470:
4468:
4465:
4463:
4460:
4458:
4455:
4453:
4450:
4448:
4447:Fulham Refuge
4445:
4443:
4440:
4438:
4435:
4433:
4430:
4428:
4425:
4423:
4420:
4418:
4415:
4413:
4410:
4409:
4407:
4403:
4397:
4394:
4392:
4389:
4387:
4384:
4382:
4379:
4377:
4374:
4372:
4369:
4367:
4364:
4362:
4359:
4358:
4356:
4352:
4343:
4338:
4336:
4331:
4329:
4324:
4323:
4320:
4308:
4305:
4303:
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5108:The Monument
5093:Tower Bridge
4817:7/7 bombings
4742:Great Plague
4711:21st century
4696:World War II
4669:Tudor London
4654:Roman London
4481:
4472:King's Bench
4283:
4275:
4267:
4201:Debt bondage
4076:Thomas Drury
4071:John Dickens
4026:
3961:, 1773–1861.
3954:, 1628–1862.
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3050:, p. 6.
3043:
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2837:"Marshalsea"
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2746:. Retrieved
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2147:, p. 56
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1995:The Guardian
1994:
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1189:John Dickens
1182:
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1101:Thomas Drury
1089:Baron Offaly
1073:Eton College
1067:
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1008:, a spy for
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736:
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520:Fleet Prison
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478:Lord Arundel
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451:Matthew Hale
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396:(1872), the
386:
354:King's Bench
338:bear baiting
308:
282:
281:
272:
271:(horse) and
268:
260:
257:mareschalcie
256:
254:Anglo-French
245:
241:
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195:
187:River Thames
178:
176:
146:John Dickens
36:
4797:London Plan
4757:Great Stink
4737:Black Death
4727:Coronations
4427:Clerkenwell
4381:Pentonville
4286:(TV series)
4252:James Neild
4247:John Howard
4151:John Selden
4086:John Gerard
4056:Richard Cox
3941:Pitt, Moses
3856:, Volume 6.
3284:Works cited
3261:, pp.
3079:, pp.
2877: /
2794:Edward Cave
2748:24 February
1919:"Marshalcy"
1900:, pp.
1834:Ginger 1998
1822:Ginger 1998
1631:Pentonville
1604:Before the
1549:Cross Bones
1193:Camden Town
1164:James Neild
1109:John Selden
1043:Bancke Side
1029:Shakespeare
1014:Elizabeth I
744:thumbscrews
721:Common side
707:John Howard
662:John Howard
595:Jerry White
582:during the
510:Before the
462:John Howard
441:John Howard
342:Shakespeare
203:thumbscrews
166:John Selden
103: /
78:Coordinates
5159:Marshalsea
5153:Categories
5061:Structures
4862:Government
4782:Great Smog
4747:Great Fire
4482:Marshalsea
4391:Wandsworth
4302:Marshalsea
4295:Categories
4121:Ben Jonson
4081:John Eliot
4027:Marshalsea
3530:0945193963
3233:The Jurist
3186:, p.
2862:51°30′06″N
2601:, p.
2576:, p.
2560:, p.
2544:, p.
1883:, p.
1848:, p.
1784:References
1773:buttresses
1051:John Donne
1025:Ben Jonson
968:Ben Jonson
828:questions
755:night soil
699:chandler's
687:Bermondsey
683:lighterman
613:Old Bailey
531:George III
334:Tabard Inn
283:Marshalsea
242:Marshalsea
224:Background
214:Amy Dorrit
179:Marshalsea
158:Ben Jonson
124:Managed by
116:Population
88:51°30′06″N
40:Marshalsea
5032:Guildhall
4869:Historic
4706:1945–2000
4700:The Blitz
4691:1900–1939
4623:Middlesex
4608:Lundenwic
4603:Londinium
4595:Evolution
4452:Gatehouse
4432:The Clink
4386:Thameside
4235:Reformers
4226:Workhouse
4034:Prisoners
3976:WikiMapia
3947:, London.
3628:8 January
3257:Dickens,
3182:Dickens,
3160:Dickens,
3136:Dickens,
3075:Dickens,
2865:0°05′32″W
2434:Dickens,
1896:Dickens,
1879:Dickens,
1664:Trustees.
1627:Parkhurst
1591:Dickens,
1223:Victorian
931:leg irons
635:Haymarket
591:shillings
580:Wat Tyler
516:John Wade
506:Workhouse
390:execution
350:the Clink
315:Southwark
305:Southwark
246:marshalcy
183:Southwark
91:0°05′32″W
66:Southwark
32:Marshalcy
5136:Category
4957:Services
4914:Politics
4889:Current
4638:Timeline
4545:Category
4487:Millbank
4462:Holloway
4361:Belmarsh
4216:Poor Law
3988:and the
3943:(1691).
3905:40646165
3862:(1849).
3824:(1872).
3798:(1881).
3699:(1773).
3678:(1802).
3656:Speculum
3622:Archived
3576:(1988).
3564:(1777).
3545:(1884).
3537:Bodleian
3406:(1813).
3396:(1803).
3345:40581931
3322:60209185
1923:Chambers
1917:, 1989;
1629:(1838),
1623:Millbank
1543:See also
1140:Overview
986:sedition
793:smallpox
759:cadavers
565:turreted
424:and the
418:4 Geo. 4
198:Oxbridge
191:sedition
61:Location
5103:Big Ben
4647:Periods
4497:Newgate
4405:Defunct
4371:Feltham
4366:Brixton
3664:2850326
3423:2737818
2112:252–253
2086:429–431
1925:, 1983.
1229:Debtors
1171:Sources
1077:buggery
875:baronet
836:warden
834:Fleet's
804:Georgia
711:garnish
679:pennies
455:fetters
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