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Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
Old and New London
… this privilege was of a twofold character, protecting both debtors and criminals from arrestthe one general, and … sink of iniquity. It grew into an asylum for vagabonds, debtors, thieves, highwaymen, coiners, and felons, who could … sanctuaries by the king's officers; and also, that as for debtors, who had taken sanctuary to defraud their creditors, …
Old and New London
… were originally the sites of sanctuaries and refuges for debtors and felons, or else of some "'spital" or "loke" for …
Old and New London
… but Time's harlequin wand by-and-by turned it into a debtors' sanctuary and thieves' paradise, and for half a … "up in the Friars," with a cry of "Fall on." The skulking debtors scuttle into their burrows, the bullies fling down … all privileges, and the scuffle is greater than ever. Some debtors run up and down without coats, others with still more …
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