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| | Fleet Marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | As a prison, the Fleet was claimed to be outside the jurisdiction of the church. | | | The prison warders took a share of the profit, even though a statute of 1711 imposed fines upon them for doing so: it only moved the clandestine marriage trade outside the prison. | | | A Fleet Marriage is the best-known example of an irregular or a clandestine marriage taking place in England before 1753. |
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| | The Fleet Prison - Invitation to a Funeral tour of Restoration London |
| | The area in which prisoners could exercise this privilege was known as the "Liberty of the Fleet" or the "Rules of the Fleet". | | | Prisoners of the Fleet did not necessarily have to live within the prison itself; they could take lodgings close to the prison as long as they paid the keeper to compensate him for loss of earnings. | | | The rackets court was also open to the public. |
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| | Fleet Prison: Discharges - Warrants to the wardens and gaolers of the prison for the release of prisoners in their care. | | | Registers of prisoners in various prisons may be found in PCOM 2, HO 23 (rented cells in county prisons) and HO 24 (Millbank, Parkhurst and Pentonville). | | | Until the nineteenth century, except for the King's Bench, Marshalsea and Fleet prisons (debtors prisons) and Newgate gaol which were all Crown prisons attached to the central courts, prisons were administered locally and were not the responsibility or property of central government. |
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| | Jane Austen Law |
| | Prisoners from any other gaol may be removed to this by habeas corpus. | | | The prisoners are brought to this court from Newgate by a passage that closely connects the two buildings; and there is a convenient place under the Sessions-House, in front, for detaining the prisoners till they are called upon their trials: there are also rooms for the grand and petty juries, with other accommodations. | | | In the first court of the prison are fixed against the wall three large boards, containing an abstract of the various acts relative to the duties of the governor and conduct of the prisoners; they are placed at a convenient height for reading. |
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| | Fleet Prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The head of the prison was termed the warden, who was appointed by Letters patent. | | | It came into particular prominence from being used as a place of reception for persons committed by the Star Chamber, and, afterwards, for debtors and persons imprisoned for contempt of court by the court of chancery. | | | And Fleet Prison had the highest fees in England. |
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| | Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2004044836 |
| | Prison, until a late stage in British history, was used as a punishment only in a minority of criminal cases. | | | The chief function of prisons was to hold accused persons or political dissidents in custody until they could be punished, corporally or capitally. | | | (It was the chief of four prisons along the Fleet, the others being Ludgate Prison, Cold Bath Fields Prison, and Bridewell Prison.) The medieval prisoners seem, from the records in the Rolls, to have been for the most part minor offenders-for debt, disputes about land, and breaches of marital promise. |
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| | London Prisons |
| | Before the Civil Wars, the Fleet Prison seems to have largely been reserved for those committed by the Court of the Star Chamber, a prerogative court that was abolished just prior to the outbreak of the First Civil War. | | | Conditions in eighteenth-century prisons were, by modern standards, horrendous: most prisons were filthy and overcrowded, and little attention was paid to the welfare of the imprisoned. | | | Paradoxically, too, it was rife with crime: there were complaints, for example, that forgers were at work within the actual prison walls in 1669. |
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| | Last night, there were two more carried to the Black-hole from the officers' prison, for not being in bed when the guard came in, which was between nine and ten o'clock. | | | Captain Dennis has got his clearance, and is bound directly home, and will carry letters for those who desire to send. | | | While be was there, he received a letter from General Burgoyne. |
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| | Crimtim: A criminology and deviancy theory history timeline |
| | Penitentiary Act: The first English Act authorising state prisons. | | | Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison | | | Panopticon; or, the Inspection-House: Containing the Idea of a New Principle of Construction Applicable to Any Sort of Establishment, in which Persons of Any Description Are to Be Kept Under Inspection |
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| | The Newgate Calendar - APPENDIX VI. |
| | Brocas of forty-three oaths (on the information of a plyer for weddings there), for which a warrant was granted to levy L4, 6s. | | | Or if a parent found it necessary to legitimatise his natural children, a Fleet parson could be procured to give a marriage certificate at any required date. | | | Nay, it sometimes happened that the "contracting parties" would send from houses of vile repute for a Fleet parson, who could readily be found to attend even in such places and under such circumstances, and there unite the couple in matrimony! |
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| | The fourth plate of Hogarth's Harlot's Progress is set in the Bridewell Prison (where Moll is imprisoned for prostitution). | | | This brief period of reconstruction is a rare window into the past, except with JCB diggers where there ought to be tiny cell windows and wailing convicts. | | | Well I've heard them anyway, just the once, but this historical phenomenon does rather depend on the weather. |
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| | Fleet Marriages |
| | The Marriage Act of 1753, regulating banns, licences and places of solemnisation of marriages, brought to an end this unconventional practice in a corner of London. | | | No banns or licences were required but a record was kept by an accompanying register keeper and hence many of these records now survive in The Public Record Office. | | | Often they were debtor prisoners themselves who were allowed to live within close proximity of the Fleet Prison. |
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| | fleet - definition from Biology-Online.org |
| | Fleet parson, a clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents. | | | A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). | | | To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. |
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| | TRUNKTRACKER FLEETCALL - CALIFORNIA |
| | CALTRANS Radioi System Photos ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- System: California, State of County: Madera Type: I Fleet Map: E1 P3 Use: Chowchilla State Prison Frequencies: 857.2625 858.2625 859.2625 860.2625 Police Operations: Police Chowchilla State Prison (Alpha Units) 400-2 Police Chowchilla State Prison (Baker & David Units) 000-14 Police Chowchilla State Prison 000-6 | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- System: California, State of County: Kern Type: I Fleet Map: E1 P3 Use: Wasco State Correctional Facility Frequencies: 858.2625 859.2625 860.2625 Police Operatons: Police Wasco State Correctional (Control) 000-0 Police Wasco State Correctional (Delta Units) 000-8 Police Wasco State Correctional (Edward Units) 000-10 Police Wasco State Correctional 100-2 | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- System: California, State of County: Kern Type: I Fleet Map: E1 P3 Use:: Delano State Prison Frequencies: 858.2625 859.2625 860.2625 |
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| | Victorian London - Prisons and Penal System - Prisons - Fleet Prison |
| | By Act of Parliament, 1842, the Prison was abolished, and its few inmates were drafted to the Queen's Prison. | | | The outer walls were removed Feb.20th, 1846, and the prison abolished, pursuant to 5 and 6 Vict., c22, by which the three prisons, the Fleet, the Queen's Bench, and Marshalsea were consolidated, and made one by the name of the Queen's Prison. | | | Sometimes, however, the sharing of the public charity was called "having a part of the box," as may be seen by references in the account of the Warden's fees in Elizabeth's reign. |
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| | hfphs_hertfordshire_genealogy_introduction |
| | However, clergymen operating in the Fleet, by a legal quirk, being unbeneficed, could not effectively be proceeded against, and the clandestine marriage business there boomed. | | | Until prevented by an Act of 1710, marriages had taken place in the prison chapel or in chambers within the prison. | | | The clergy were all said to be regularly ordained Church of England clerics, although there were doubts about one or two, and as such the marriages they conducted were fully legal. |
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| | Probert Encyclopaedia: Free Content |
| | The following is an example of a licensed article: | | | As far back as the 12th century the Fleet served as a Royal Prison. | | | Fleet Prison was a famous London Prison which stood in Farringdon Street, on what was called Fleet Market, from the River Fleet which flowed into the Thames. |
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| | John Holder's escape from Fleet Prison. Petition of merchants |
| | Ordered that a Bill be introduced to summon John Holder to render himself to justice; that the Warden of the Fleet be prosecuted for his offence by the Attorney General; and that the Committee consider a way to prevent the burning of merchant ships or the betraying of them into enemy's hands | | | Considers the petition, together with witness evidence, alleging that John Holder has burnt his heavily insured ship, after removing all the goods on board, in order to take advantage of the insurance monies, and that having been charged with this offence, Holder has been allowed to escape from the Fleet prison. | | | Journals of the House of Commons (1803 reprint) |
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| | Jeffrey St. Clair: Intolerable Opinions in an Age of Shock and Awe |
| | Are not our husbands, our selves, our daughters and families, by the same rule as liable to the like unjust cruelties as they?" Elizabeth got 10,000 people to sign a petition on Lilburne's behalf. | | | Loïc Wacquant: Against a Sociodicy of the American Prison | | | But his friends in Parliament rose to his defense, threatening similar reprisals against Royalist prisoners. |
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| | The Pedia - Fleet Prison |
| | Fleet Prison was mainly used for debtors and... | | | And Fleet Prison had the highest fees in... | | | in 1780 Fleet Prison was again destroyed and rebuilt in 1781... |
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| | Fleet Prison on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Fleet marriages were clandestine and irregular ceremonies performed at Fleet Prison by debtor clergymen. | | | Cooperation between Russia's Baltic Fleet and navies of the Baltic states. | | | Although not illegal, the system was so abused that it was abolished in the reign of George II. |
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| | BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY |
| | The Fleet Prison was said to have had the highest fees in the country. | | | The Fleet Prison was mainly used for debtors and bankrupts and had a capacity of about 300. | | | Other prisoners were even allowed to stay just outside the prison in an area known as the "Liberty of the Fleet". |
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| | Fleet Information |
| | *Fleet, HampshireFleet, in the county of Hampshire, England | | | *Fleet, LincolnshireFleet, in the county of Lincolnshire, England | | | *** US 1st Fleet also known as the US Coast Guard |
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| | ***HARBEN DICTIONARY WINDOW*** |
| | First mention : Custody "gaiolae de Ponte de Fleete" in hands of Nathaniel de Leveland and Robert his son, 1197 (Mag. | | | Used for Star Chamber prisoners and afterwards for debtors, bankrupts, etc. | | | Continued to be celebrated within the Liberties of the Fleet until 1774, when they were declared null and void. |
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| | PCA - Site Summary FAS02 |
| | This may represent early waterfront or foreshore deposits. | | | A large chalk, ragstone and mortar wall was also observed possibly marking the perimeter of the Fleet Prison, or related to some of the larger internal structures of the prison. | | | This may have occurred during the period of rebuilding and repair after the Great Fire, when for the first time buildings were allowed to abut the outside of the perimeter wall. |
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| | Men's Wives - Chapter VI. |
| | He did not dislike gin when he could get no claret, and the former liquor, under the name of "tape," used to be measured out pretty liberally in what was formerly Her Majesty's prison of the Fleet. | | | But as he was not a lord, and as he had no friends on coming out of prison, and had settled no money on his wife, and had, as it must be confessed, an exceedingly bad character, it is not likely that the latter would be forgiven him when once more free in the world. | | | Many a rogue has come before the Court, and passed through it since then: and I would lay a wager that Howard Walker was not a bit worse than his neighbours. |
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| | Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Fleet can refer to several things: Fleet is the name of several places: | | | This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. | | | Battle fleet, a term for a force composed of all battle-ready ships |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry Cole |
| | in the Fleet Prison, February, 1579 or 1580. | | | Then began his sufferings: first, he was fined 500 marks ($1600), then deprived of all his preferments, committed to the Tower (20 May, 1560), and finally removed to the Fleet (10 June), where he remained for nearly twenty years, until his death. | | | He was educated at Winchester and New College Oxford, admitted a perpetual fellow there (1523), received the degree of B.C.L. (1525), and then went to Italy for seven years, residing chiefly at Padua. |
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| | William Hogarth Detail of James Oglethorpe |
| | This detail from William Hogarth's painting of the Gaols Committee at Fleet Prison shows committee chairman James Oglethorpe. |
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| | Heritage Image Partnership - The UK's Premier On-Line Image Library |
| | Please note that by using this site you are bound by our Terms and Conditions of use | | | Interior view of poor debtors' room in Fleet Prison, London, c1820; back view of a man looking out through bars. |
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| | Where does the game of squash originate? in The AnswerBank: Sport |
| | Sports involving hitting a ball with a racket of sorts had become increasingly popular at that time and one version developed in London's Fleet prison where debtor inmates got their exercise by whacking a ball against the prison's many walls. | | | Squash derives from the games loosely known as Rackets during the 19th century. | | | By some weird and wonderful twist of fate the idea was taken up at Harrow public school, where it was noticed it was more interesting and physically demanding to play with a ball that 'squashed' on impact with the wall rather than bouncing straight back. |
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| | BBC NEWS England Lancashire Tower remembers 'Sir Loin' legend |
| | The king's visit is also said to have damaged the finances of the de Hoghton family so badly that the head of the family, Richard, spent a year in the Fleet Prison to pay off his debts. | | | They went down on their knees and the king said "Arise, Sir Loin." |
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| | Infoplease Search: fleet laxative |
| | (Encyclopedia) Fleet Prison, former jail in London, England. | | | (Encyclopedia) Fleet, Thomas, 1685–1758, American colonial printer, b. | | | (Almanac - People) Van Fleet, Jo actress Birthplace: Oakland, Calif. Born: 1915 Died: 1996 Information Please®... |
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| | New Orleans in chaos, Bush calls disaster historic - Boston.com |
| | A fleet of prison buses arrived at the storm-battered Superdome stadium to take 23,000 refugees to the Houston Astrodome 350 miles away. | | | Several television networks reported that New Orleans was pulling 1,500 police from the search-and-rescue mission to deal with looting and lawlessness in the streets. | | | Stranded people were running out of food and water and growing desperate. |
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| | Old and antique prints and maps: London, Farringdon Street and Fleet Prison, 1828, London, antique prints and plans |
| | Digital images (stock images for research, publication or printing) | | | "Farringdon Street and the Fleet Prison" engraved by J.Henshall after a picture by Thomas Shepherd, published in London in the Nineteenth Century, 1828. | | | Old and antique prints and maps: London, Farringdon Street and Fleet Prison, 1828, London, antique prints and plans |
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