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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of HookNorton, union of Banbury, hundred of Chadlington, county of Oxford; containing …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… of the disorders to be apprehended and committed to prison, to be further punished. To ascertain the cause of the … arrested the party and certain others, committed them to prison, where they remained for five days, without making …
Survey of London
… and subsequently moved to Tooley Street, and the Clink Prison belonging to the Bishop of Winchester. The evil and … the Marshalsea and King's Bench prisons. The King's Bench Prison (i) First Site in Borough High Street Under the Norman … each other or settled in one place. The term Marshalsea Prison occurs from 1294 21 onward, but throughout the …
Old and New London
… Inn," was in its latter days, as we have already seen, a prison "for felons and other notorious malefactors." Stow, … the Catholic Church. This house stood near the White Lion Prison. It had in it a room with a richly-panelled wainscot, … "justices" at the time when the "White Lion" was used as a prison. Its existence is proved by tokens of one "Robert …
Old and New London
… the former parish was desecrated, being used partly as a prison, and partly as a court of justice. The building was … in the shady nook of a garden in the New Kent Road. The prison, or compter, as it was called, was removed to Mill … a sort of minor Vauxhall, situated near the King's Bench Prison. There was a grotto in the middle of the garden, and …
Old and New London
… ( sic) for debt, damage, &c., for which manor there is a prison." There is nothing romantic, to say the least, in the …
Old and New London
… Palace sold to the Presbyterians, and turned into a Prison for the RoyalistsIts Recovery by the Bishop of … the Presbyterians turned the episcopal palace into a prison for the royalists; and in 1649 it was sold for 4,380 … respecting them, they were committed to the episcopal prison of the Clink, at the corner of Maid Lane. This prison …
Two Calvinistic Methodist Chapels, 1743-1811: The London Tabernacle and Spa Fields Chapel
… that two persons suspected of the robbery are in the New Prison, Mr Lyon (who is acquainted with Mr Bond the keeper) was desired to go to the prison and try to find out where the property is pawned or …