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Prisoners' Letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 2007.

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'Index', in Prisoners' Letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827, (London, 2007) pp. 288-305. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol42/pp288-305 [accessed 24 March 2024]

Index INDEX

Names in bold are those of prisoner letter-writers involved in forged note activities; more details on these individuals are to be found in the index of prisoner/writers.

The designation 'utterer', 'seller', 'possessor', 'forger' is to be understood as 'person accused or convicted of uttering, selling etc. forged Bank notes'.

Arabic numbers refer to letters; references to the introduction are in roman numerals.

A. Abell, Edward, prisoner, seller, 147, 622 Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 602 Abingdon, 5th earl of, see Bertie Abraham ..., 70 ..., Mr (same?), witness, 124 Acton, John, partner in Freshfields, 2 Adams Ann, 44 John, prisoner, utterer, 440 Addington Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, see home secretary William, 1 Adkins, (or Atkins) ..., Mr, of Bow Street public office, 595, 726 age (old age of prisoners), 51, 52, 54, 146, 202, 208, 430–1, 486, 514, 603–5, 651, 697, 754, 766 Agnew, Ann, offender (unspecified), 692, 714 Aikens, ..., 674 alehouses, see London, public houses in Allen Josiah, prisoner, forger, 661; his wife Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235 William (or Thomas), prisoner, utterer, 651, 654 America, 86, 87 Amory and Coles, solicitors to the royal mint, 568 Anderson, William, highways surveyor, 375 Andover, Hants, 185 Andrews Levi, counterfeiter (tokens), 180 Richard, offender (unspecified), 106 Angers, J., debtor, 20 Anntwistle (or Entwistle), Ann, prisoner, utterer, 169–70 Antony, ..., Mr, of Bow Street public office, 575–6, 596 Appleton J., bakehouse operator, King's Bench prison, 502 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 533 Archer, Thomas, magistrates' clerk and/or keeper of gaol, Chelmsford, 577, 730 archives, Bank of England, vii, xi–xiii; Freshfields papers in, xi–xii, xxiii–xxiv armed services: French army in Egypt, 602; naval personnel, 244, 513; prisoners wish to volunteer for, 578, 580, 594, 609, 624; refusal to serve in 'condemned' regiment, 606–7; see also regiments and companies Armstrong James, debtor, 340 Joseph (or John), prisoner, utterer, 340, 702 Arnold ..., Mr, of Plymouth Dock, seller, 349 John, keeper of Clerkenwell prison, 561 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 441–2 arraignments, papers for, xxiv arrest warrants, xxiv, 20–1 Ashbourne, Derbys., 202 Ashby Esther, prisoner, seller, 235 Thomas, seller, 347 Ashton, James, prisoner, utterer, 626, 627 Ashwell, Sarah, prisoner, seller, 628, 636 Ashworth, John, prisoner, seller, 689 Astell, (or Esden), Lydia, prisoner, utterer, 398 Atkins (or Adkins)..., Mr, of Bow Street public office, 595, 726 Thomas, utterer, 709 William, keeper of Coldbath Fields prison, 152, 385 Atkinson, J., official at Newgate gaol, 162 Austin, David, prisoner, utterer, 439 Aveling, Thomas Butts, manager of Truman's brewery, 524 B. Bacon, James, magistrate, Clerkenwell, 513 Baddley ..., Mr, of Stockport, 64–5 John, prisoner, utterer, 574, 593 Bagnell Thomas, die-sinker, 222 William, jr, die-sinker, 222 William, sr, die-sinker, 222, 697 Bailey Ann, prisoner, utterer, 177 Joseph, see Boutell, Simon Samuel, 314 Baker, ..., 307, 575, 581 Ball, Joseph, bankrupt, 569 Bamber, John, prisoner, utterer, 241 Bamford Edward, thief, 657, 704 Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 449, 720 Rebecca, prisoner, seller, 449, 720 Bamford Healy Plant, Lancs., 527 Bampton, ..., 347 Banbury, Oxon., 716 Banister, William, prisoner, possessor, and his wife Nancy, 64–8, 87 Bank investigators/inspectors: ix, xiii, xx, xxii, xxiv; investigators' office receipt, 84; unnamed investigators, 351, 544, 669; see also Bliss, Thomas; Christmas, Charles; Freeman, ...; Glover, Thomas; Lee(s), John; Procter, Charles; Warwick, John Bank of England: benevolence to prisoners, and families vii, viii, xix, xxi–xxiii; chief cashiers of, xiii; debtors to, xii; issue of low value paper money, ix; governors and directors, vii; see also Dorrien, George; Harman, Jeremiah; Maitland, Ebenezer; Manning, William; Mellish, William; Smith, Henry; governors' and directors' evangelical and charitable sympathies, xv; lawyers acting for, ix, x, xii, xiv, xx, xxiv; police acting for, x, xiv, xx; prisoners' letters addressed to, xiii, xxiv; prosecution policy and strategy, viii, ix, x; cost of, viii, ix, x; criticism of, x, xxii; rewards for assistance in, xx; and 'restriction' period, viii, ix; silver coins and tokens, viii, x Bank of England Committee for Law Suits, x–xi, xxiv; handling of prisoners' letters, xi; minutes of, x, xx banks: Biddulph and Cox bank, 717; Hull bank, 581; Leeds bank, 581; Norwich bank, 565; Pontefract bank, 581; Southampton bank, 765 Banks, John, prisoner, 243 Bannister, Moses, prisoner, utterer, 494 Barnard, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 191 Barnes, George, prisoner, seller, 111, 149 Barresley, Joseph, bankrupt, 643 Barrett, Thomas, deputy constable of (Little) Bolton, 196, 735 Barter, ..., 581 Bartram, James, utterer, 114 Bath, Som., 402–3, 595–6, 599 Baxter James, and his wife Mary, 734 Bear, ..., Mr, employer of prisoner's husband, 269 Beavitt, (alias Beverton, alias Gager), Mary, prisoner, utterer, 164, 208, 210, 235 Beckett Joseph, head turnkey at Coldbath Fields prison, 152 Joseph, home office, 47, 114, 210, 652 Beckwith, Francis, partner at Freshfields, xiv Bedford, Beds., 92–3, 669, 708 Belcher, William, prisoner, utterer, 322 Belfast, Ireland, 701 Bellerophon prison ship, see hulks Bell John, prisoner, possessor, 663 Matthew, prisoner, possessor, 63 Bellairs, John, prisoner, utterer, 69, 88–91 Bellars, (alias Davis) Amelia, prisoner, possessor, 76–8, 81 Benham, William, prisoner, utterer, 373 Bennett Henry Grey, M.P. for Shrewsbury, 660 James, jr, prisoner, 732 Richard, prisoner, utterer, 314 Bentham, W., solicitor, Sheerness, 739–40 Bentley, James, 743–4 Beresford, ..., 513 Berry, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453 Bertie, Montagu, 5th earl of Abingdon, 157 Best (alias Davis), Mary, prisoner, forger, 629, 636 Bethel, James, 581 Bevan, Esther, prisoner, utterer, 356 Beverton, Mary, see Beavitt, Mary Biddulph, Rachael, acquitted of uttering, 501 Biggleswade, Beds., 708 Biggs, John, prisoner, utterer, 598–9 Bingham, Notts., 273 Birch, T., counterfeiter, 160 Birmingham, ix, 57, 106, 112, 114, 152, 222, 233, 246, 347–8, 370, 386, 451–2, 573–4, 576, 581, 595–6, 600, 664, 672, 674, 677, 701, 749, 767; high bailiff of, 201 Birnie, Sir Richard, magistrate, Bow Street, 524 'Black Harry', 564 Blackstone, Mary Ann, wife of prisoner William, 235, 236 Blake, Susanna, prisoner, utterer, 185–6 Blaker, George, prisoner, utterer, 215, 675–8; his wife Grace, prisoner, utterer, 262–4, 675–9 Blandford, Dorset, 410 Bliss, Thomas, Bank investigator, 38, 43–4, 53–4, 59 Blyth, Mr, clerk to Portsmouth town clerk, 752 Bodmin, Cornw., 718, 729 Bogg, Robert, utterer, 617 Bolton, (Little), Lancs., 169 Booth, William, forger, 348, 634; his wife, 634 Boreham, John, utterer, 648–9 Boreman, daughters of late Mr and Mrs, 524 Borough compter, see prisons, in London Borrows (alias Emery) John, prisoner, utterer, 181; his wife Ann, 181 Bosanquet, Mr Serjeant, 380; his wife Lady Bosanquet, 380 Boston, Lincs., 725 Boucher, Charles, keeper of Devon county gaol, 732 Boulogne, France, 736 Boutell, Simon (alias Bailey, Joseph), prisoner, forger, 48, 592–3 Bowden, John, director and governor of Bank of England, 51 Bowers, Thomas, official at Newgate gaol, 372 Boyd, James McLean, prisoner, seller, 672–3 Box (or Bose), Dr, infirmary keeper at Newgate gaol, 318, 420, 424 Bradbery, William, seller, 596 Bradney, Mary, prisoner, seller, 449, 452, 720 Braham (or Abraham), ..., 70 Bramwell, Martha, thief, xvi, 175–7, 183 Branch, Joseph (or Josiah), utterer, 744 Branley, John, prisoner, utterer, 375–6 Brecon, Wales, 721 Briant, Stephen, witness, 693 Bricker, Richard, butcher, tything man, 605 Brics (?) family, 347 Bridge Jane, prisoner, seller, 532 Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 578 Bridgemen, George, friend of prisoner, 30 Bridle, ..., Mr, keeper of Ilchester gaol, 400, 749, 757 Bridewell ('New'), see prisons, in London Bristol, 337, 400, 402–3, 599, 632, 695, 757 Brock, Thomas, counterfeiter, 214 Bromley, E. J., ship's surgeon, 449–50 Brooks Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 404–8, 418, 438, 453 John, prisoner, utterer, 248 Brown ..., 386 Benjamin, prisoner, utterer, 240–2 (alias Conner), Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 296–8, 324; her sister Emma (alias Kemble, Louisa), prisoner, utterer, 296–8, 324 Eliza (alias Palmer, Margaret or Mary), offender (unspecified), widow of James, executed forger, 642 Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 483, 507 Elizabeth (another), 45 James, executed for forgery, 642 Jane, prisoner, utterer, 218–20, 263–4 Mark, prisoner, utterer, and his wife Maria, 656 William Henry, keeper of Newgate, 54, 293–4, 307, 315, 353–4, 366, 368, 371, 393,410–11,413,417,421,425–7,431, 436, 438, 460, 462–3, 466, 481, 504, 535, 552, 566, 705 Brown Owen, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 387–90 Bryant, Stephen, horse agent, 693 Buckingham, 2nd marquess of, see Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville Buckland, Mr, attorney, 217 Bullock J., offender (unspecified), 587 William, seller, 753 Buncal, Robert, see George, Robert Bult, William (or Ebenezer), prisoner, utterer, 498 Bunton, John, prisoner, 722 Burbidge (alias Johnson), Richard, prisoner, utterer, 531 Burden, J.A.H., debtor, 174 Burgin, ..., Mr, ginger bread maker, 109 Burn ..., Mr, prisoner's landlord, 557 ..., Mr, shoemaker, 759 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 584–5 Burr, Horn, Burr, solicitors, Maidstone, 760 Burton (alias Champion), Jemima, prisoner, possessor, xvi, 532, 756–7 Bury St Edmunds, Suff., 753 Bush, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 419–21 Butler, James, prisoner, utterer, 373 Byrne (?Burn), ..., seller, 307 C. Cadman, Josiah, prisoner, utterer, 513; his wife Sarah (alias Smith, Ann), utterer, 513 Callaway, ..., Mr, town clerk of Portsmouth, 687, 703, 705, 742–3, 751–2 Cannings, James, keeper of Devizes gaol, 722 Capper Henry, seller, 491, 493 John Henry, home office clerk for criminal business/inspector of hulks, 177, 226, 334, 370, 398, 513, 696–7, 704, 724, 753; clerk to, 728 Captivity prison ship, see hulks Carless, J., warehouseman, 120 Carlisle, Cumb., 268, 334–5 Carmarthen, Wales, 717 Carnegy, Charles, prisoner, utterer, 560 Carr, John, debtor, 644–5 Carter Jane, prisoner, seller, 514, 516, 533 John, prisoner, utterer, and his brother Thomas, 381 John (Sir) of Portsmouth, 570–1 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 465–7, 508, 540–2 Cartwright, Mr, gaoler at Shrewsbury gaol, 660 Cashman, George, seller, 738 Catapodi, Peter, promissory note forger, 3 Chamberlain, William, prisoner, utterer, 216; his wife Elizabeth (alias Stubbs), prisoner, utterer, 211, 216, 323 Chambers, ...Judge, 601 Chambre, Sir Allan, judge (same?), 651 Champion, Jemima, see Burton, Jemima Chandler, Phoebe, utterer, 632 Chapman, William, debtor, 280 Chapple, ..., Mr, gaoler at Bodmin gaol, 729 charity and charitable payments, xxiii; gratitude for, xxii, xxiii regarded as 'due', xxii, xxiii see also Bank of England, benevolence to prisoners and families Charlesworth, James, counterfeiter, 150 Charlton, Mary, offender (unspecified), 17 Chave, John, prisoner, utterer, 616–7 Chedlow, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 634, 636 Chelmsford, Essex, 577, 730, 758 Cheltenham, Glos., 402 Cheshire, 62, 334 Chester, 49, 334; children: mothers and widowers forced to leave children behind, 34, 55, 71, 103, 188, 195, 269, 398, 451–2, 461, 630–3, 691, 701,711; mothers taking children on transportation ships, 71, 76–7, 117–18, 130, 143–4, 185–6, 189, 193, 195, 209, 318, 402, 406–8, 451, 636–7, 639; see also death of child of prisoner; ill-health of prisoners' children Chrisford, William, prisoner, utterer, 110–11; his wife, 110 Christmas, Charles, Bank investigator, 92, 309, 357, 409, 492, 514, 522, 524, 528–9, 576 churchwarden, 375, 605 Clapham sect, Bank directors' and Freshfields partners' connections with, xv Clark, John, prisoner, utterer, 747 Clarke, Charlotte, petitioner, 155 Clarkson, James, prisoner, forger, 47, 72 Claughton, Thomas, debtor, 568 Cleaver, ..., Mr, sheriff, Jedburgh, 63 clergymen, 25, 483, 605, 660 Clerkenwell prison, see prisons, in London Clinton, Benjamin, prisoner (unspecified offence), 27 clothing: change of required, 1; lack of, 118, 234, 284–6, 298, 326, 373, 400–1, 409, 414, 424, 433, 436, 451, 457, 467–8, 472, 478, 480, 510, 512, 514–16, 529, 537, 542, 547, 551, 631–3, 741; lost or stolen, 31, 91, 198; pawned/pledged, vii, xix, 38, 43, 54, 73, 76, 79, 91, 99, 117, 139, 163, 206–7, 237, 242, 259, 262, 266, 287, 315, 318–20, 356, 360, 377, 400–1, 404–6, 411, 413, 420, 431, 452, 455, 457, 463–4, 467–8, 475, 480–1, 496, 511, 516, 522, 537, 542, 547, 549, 551, 553–4, 567, 640, 741; redeem from pledge, xxi, 76, 80–1, 91, 117, 264, 421, 464, 543, 567, 656 Clowes, Sarah, prisoner, possessor, 343, 453, 456 Clowsley, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 471 Coal, Thomas, see Cole, Thomas Coat(e)s, John Paulin (Pullein), debtor, 397, 503 Coe, James, prisoner, suspected utterer, and his father, Thomas, 22 Coldbath Fields prison, see prisons, in London Cole, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 730 Coles, W., debtor, 710 Collins, Mary, see Pimblott, Mary common sergeant of London, 300 Connell, William, prisoner (unpaid fine), 525 Conner Catherine, see Brown, Catherine Emma, see Kemble, Louisa Connolly, ..., Mrs, wife of a prisoner, 372 convict ships, see ships, transport Cooper ..., Mr, prisoner's bail, 300 Charles, offender (unspecified), 85 Charles, prisoner, utterer, 129, 145–6 Coote, Thomas, see Coutts, Thomas Corigan, ..., Mr, prisoner's friend, 531 Cork, Ireland, 701 counterfeit coins (silver tokens and dollars), ix, 83, 147, 150, 160, 180, 210, 222, 227, 349, 574, 581, 596, 600, 716, 731 counterfeiters, ix courts: assize courts: Bristol, 695; Carlisle, 268; Chester, 49; Derby, 199, 202; Devon, 349; Durham, 268, 461; Essex, 565; Glamorgan, 748; Gloucester, 196, 274; Hertford, 60; Kent (Maidstone), 529; Lancaster, 630–1, 633, 651, 653, 658, 661, 663–5, 706, 712, 754; Newcastle, 63; Norwich, 602; Nottingham, 268, 273; Shrewsbury, 660; Southampton, 765; Stafford, 661; Surrey, 182, 742, (at Guildford), 394 (at Kingston), 200; Warwick, 201, 449, 451–2, 576, 618, 668, 720, 752; Winchester, 268–9; York, 694; magistrates' courts in London: Bow Street, 2, 231; Hatton Garden, 561; Queen Square, 393; Worship Street, 160, 244–5; magistrates' courts outside London: New Bayley (later New Bailey), Salford, 527; Old Bailey Sessions court, vii, ix, 73, 100, 104, 135, 155, 175, 214, 224, 239, 247, 303, 316, 353, 355, 368, 378–9, 417, 433, 447–8, 504, 519, 535–6, 562, 604, 619, 648, 650, 656, 661, 674, 738, 742; quarter sessions: Mdx (at Hicks Hall) 124, 300, 563; sheriff court: Jedburgh, Scotland 63 Courtney, Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 237, 249, 276 Cousins, ..., Mr, prisoner's landlord, 409 Coutts, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 313 Coventry, Warws., 731 Coventry, ..., Mrs, 418 Cowing, James, debtor, 415 Crampton, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 275; her husband William, prisoner, utterer, 694 Crawley, David, prisoner, utterer, 370, 741 Cribb, Thomas, horse stealer, 577 Criss, Susannah, 575 Croft, Mary Anne, prisoner, utterer, 366 Crosby, Robert, clergyman of Hoxton Square, 483 Crowder, Charles, seller, 743 Croydon, Surr., 59 Cunningham, David, prisoner, 750 Curran, Edward, offender (unspecified), 587 Currey, Thomas, prisoner, seller, 712 Cuthbert ..., keeper of Maidstone gaol, 671 William, prisoner, utterer, 212–3 D. Dale ..., Mrs, tried for assault, 124 Henry, prisoner, utterer, 129, 152–3; his wife Ann, xxi, 153 Samuel, see Dell, Samuel Thomas, barber on hospital ship, 726 Dardis, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 614–5 Dart Henry, seller, 428, 743–4 John, seller, 494, 743–4 Mary Ann, see Griffiths, Mary Ann Davenport, Sedley, official at Newgate gaol, 149 Davies Maria, widow of executed forger, Daniel, xx Prudence, prisoner, utterer, 532 (alias Young), William, prisoner, utterer, 384 Davis ..., 386 ..., guard for transportees, 488 Amelia, see Bellairs, Amelia John, base dollar utterer, 83 John, prisoner, utterer (Dorchester), 593 John, prisoner, utterer (London), 620–25; his wife Ann, 623; his brother Thomas, 621 Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 386 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 268 Mary, see Best, Mary Sarah (alias Long), prisoner, utterer, 73 W.C. (Capt.), debtor, 23 Dawson, George, clerk at Surrey county gaol, 456 Day, Harriet, see Treemer, Harriet Deal, Kent, 687 Deal, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 422 death of child of prisoner, 175, 254–5, 261, 399, 401 death penalty for Bank note forgery and uttering, ix, xi, xx; compared with other property crimes, xi control of through plea-bargain system, x prisoners awaiting xi, xx, 131–4, 300, 305, 365, 440, 446, 512, 522–4, 672, 673, 689, 712, 747, 754; respite from, xi debtors and bankrupts at Bank's suit, xii, xxiv see also under individual's name Dell (or Dale), Samuel, prisoner, utterer, and his wife, 374 Denham, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 538, 550–3, 555–6 Dent, Edward, seller, 314 Deptford, Kent, ix, 118, 169, 171, 184–95, 205–7, 235–6, 268, 273, 275–6, 332–9, 628–35 Derby, 202 Devizes, Wilts., 605, 716, 722 Dewhurst, Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 633 Dicken Anne, prisoner, seller, 449, 451 Benjamin (alias Oliver), prisoner, possessor; his wife Ann and his mother Sarah, 664 G., vicar of Wem, 660 Die (or Dye), William, 306–7, 374 Dittman, John, debtor, 279 Dixon, Thomas, transported utterer, and his wife Charlotte, 193 Docker, Elizabeth (or Sarah), prisoner, seller, 335 Dodds Hannah, prisoner, possessor, 235 Samuel, attorney to Bank of England, xiv Dorrien, George, governor of Bank of England, 118 Dowding, William, keeper of Fisherton gaol, Salisbury, 721 Downes (alias Ward), Clarissa, prisoner, utterer, 310, 367, 438, 453; George and William, her brothers, prisoners, utterers, 373 James, prisoner, utterer, 495 Downs Ann, prisoner, utterer, 188 John, utterer, base dollars, 83 Downs, the, off Deal, Kent, 664–5, 668 Doyle, William, prisoner, possessor, 665 Dry, Jabis, 575, 596 Dublin, Ireland, 49, 575, 701 Dudley Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 50–1 Thomas, offender (unspecified), 733 Duncan, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 235 Duncan prison ship, see hulks Dunn Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 235 John, prisoner, utterer, 274 Durham (city), 268 Durham, ..., prisoner, 402 Dye, Henry, prisoner, utterer, 661; his brother Robert, prisoner, utterer, 661 E. Eames, Sir John, magistrate, Surr., 383 East India Company, xv, 674 Eaststaff, George, keeper of Reading county gaol, 719 Eastwaite (or Erstwaite), Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 230, 661 Eastwood, John, prisoner, utterer, 592–3 Edinburgh, Scotland, 701 Edgcumbe, Parson, offender (unspecified), 15 Edmunds, ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 216 Edwards ..., 386 James, offender (unspecified), 62 Egan, Edward, burglar, 247 Elliott, ..., Mr, shopman, 245 Ellis ..., forger, 728 (alias Latkow), John (or George), prisoner, utterer, 517 Emery, John, see Borrows, John Enever George, utterer, 595 William, utterer, 595 England, Mary, prisoner, utterer, vii, viii, 163, 184, 189; her husband James, vii Enies and Barnard, Messrs, goldsmiths, 381 Entwistle, Ann, see Anntwistle, Ann Ernshaw, ..., 581 Erstwaite, Thomas, see Eastwaite, Thomas Esden, Lydia, see Astell, Lydia Evans Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235 Sarah, see Whiley, Sarah Simon (or Samuel), prisoner, utterer, 557, 759 Thomas, keeper of Bristol bridewell, 695 Exeter, Devon, 192, 349, 580 Eyre, William, debtor, 395 Eyreson, Hannah and John, see Hearson F. Falmouth, Cornw., 34, 45 Fane, Sir Henry, 157 Farmilo, Susan, prisoner, utterer, 423 Farney, George, informer, 700, 726 Fear, John, prisoner, utterer, 738–9, 740; his wife Ann, 738 Fell, Anne and Charles, petitioners, and Sarah, their daughter, acquitted of uttering, 155 Fenn, ..., Mr, M.P., see Fane Fenwick, Alexander, keeper of debtors' prison (unspecified), 10 Ferguson, ..., utterer, 728 Fidler (alias Sparrow), Charles, utterer, 563–4 Fisher Frederick, utterer, and Elizabeth his wife, 225–6 William, utterer, 662 Flamston, Elizabeth, see Sly, Elizabeth 'Fleet notes', 108 Fleet prison, see prisons, in London Fleming, Ann, see Harris, Ann Forde, Brownlow, ordinary of Newgate, 25 Forbes, Jonathan, prisoner, utterer, 589, 593 forged notes: continued selling in prison, viii, xix; note circulation networks, ix; possession of as 'lesser offence', vii, x, xii; price of, 106, 347, 384, 446, 496, 708, 753 forgery, as capital offence, see death penalty for Bank note forgery and uttering; of other financial documents, 3, 11, 302 Foss (alias Haynes), Ann, prisoner, utterer, 35–9, 45 Thomas, prisoner, forger, 131–4, 149 Foster, W., 575, 596 Foy, John, police officer, 164, 374, 562, 670 France, viii, 690 France, Richard, prisoner, possessor, 601 Francis, William, executed for forgery, 590 Franklin, Maria, 12 Franks, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 766 Frankling, ..., Mr, attorney, 671 Freeman Harriet, see Treemer, Harriet ..., Mr, Bank investigator, 393 Freshfield, James, William, partner at Freshfields, xiv, xv Freshfields, solicitors to Bank of England, vii, ix, x–xi, xiii–xv, xxiii, xxiv, and passim; archives, see archives, Bank of England, Freshfields papers at chief clerks at, xv; see also Maynard, Joseph; Rooker J.; Suter, ...; Westwood, James; offices of, xii, xiv, xv, xxi; partners in, see Acton, John; Beckwith Francis; Freshfield, James William; Kaye, Charles; Kaye, Joseph; Maynard, Joseph Cam; Winter, John sr; Winter, John jr Friend, Charles, 110 Frier, John, 759 Fryer, George, seller/housebreaker, 763 Fuller ..., 590 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 392 Furman, William, offender (unspecified), 725 G. Gager, Mary, see Beavitt, Mary Games, Charles (alias Garner, George), prisoner, utterer, 158; his wife and children, xx Gammon, ..., Mr, constable, Chiswick, 217, 248 gaol allowance, vii, xix, 145–6, 165, 183, 216, 238, 241, 248, 256, 259, 309, 319, 321, 377, 394, 405, 414, 430–1, 432, 434, 455, 457, 463, 465, 468, 475–6, 507, 516, 521, 543–4, 552, 628, 679, 720 gaols, see prisons, in London; prisons outside London Gardener, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 267, 680; her husband, 680 Gardner, James, seller, 759 Garing, Michael, see Gearing, Michael Garner, George, see Games, Charles Gearing, Michael, prisoner, possessor, 603–4 George (alias Buncal), Robert, prisoner, utterer, 92–3 Gerain, Michael, see Gearing, Michael Gibbs J., clerk in Lincoln's Inn, 380 Vickery, Sir, attorney general, 695 Gilbert Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 317, 319, 377, 424–7, 438, 453 John, prisoner, utterer, 602 Samuel, prisoner, seller, 674; his wife Mary, xxi, 674 Giles, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 656, 661 Gillis, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 326 Giltspur Street compter, see prisons, in London Glasgow, 701 Gloucester, 196, 274, 658 Glover Mary, see Walker, Mary Thomas, Bank investigator, 101, 166, 167, 185, 194, 206, 207, 362, 401, 463, 465, 476, 477, 479, 481, 482, 485, 514, 539, 540, 542, 545, 549, 551, 555, 559, 659, 713, 760 Goodenough, ..., Mr, petitioner for prisoner, 58 Gorman, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 343, 453, 455–6 Gosport Harbour, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks Gould Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 539 Jane, prisoner, utterer, and her husband Steven, 559 Graham, ..., circuit judge, 157 ..., magistrate, Bow Street, 578, 591 Grant ..., Mr, shoemaker, 232 William, offender (assault), 346 Grasby, William, shoemaker, 229 Gravesend, Kent, xii, 90–1, 129, 450–3 Green Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 366 John, prisoner, utterer, 572 John (2), prisoner, 410 Greenock, Scotland, 701 Greenslade, Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 217, 248 Greenwich, Kent, 760 Greetham, Moses, jr, solicitor, Portsmouth, 30, 205 Gregg, John, prisoner, utterer, 752 Gregory, Henrietta, prisoner, utterer, 115–18 Grey Frances, prisoner, utterer, 512, 533 ..., Mrs, matron at Newgate gaol, 482 Robert, prisoner, utterer, 694 Thomas, head nurse on hospital ship, 726 Griffin, George, keeper of Bath gaol, 595 Griffith, E., chaplain of Shrewsbury goal, 660 Griffiths ..., (Griffes), Mr, 233 (alias Dart), Mary Ann, prisoner, possessor, 428 Grigg, John, prisoner, utterer, 241 Grime, James (sr), prisoner, utterer, and James (jr) his son, prisoner, utterer, 735 Grosvenor, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 443 Guernsey, 690 Guildford, Surr., 457 Gulley, Thomas, prisoner, seller, 575–6, 590–1, 593; his wife Martha, utterer, 590 Gust (alias Sulbrook),..., 563 H. Haines, Amelia, see Hines, Amelia Hale Jim, transportee, 402 Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 234 Hall ..., 596 Anne, prisoner, utterer, 366 Oman, false bank trader, 350 Halliwell, Antony, prisoner, utterer, 662; his wife Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 235 Hammill, Isabella, prisoner, seller, 532 Hancox, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 450, 453 Handsworth, Warws., 347, 733, Harby, Moses, offender (unspecified), 24 Hardacre, Catherine, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713 Hardy, ..., Mr, official at Newgate gaol, 145, 178, 226, 317, 319, 406 Harland, Edward, prisoner, forger, 179; his widow, xxi Harman, Jeremiah, governor of Bank of England, 284 Harmer, J., solicitor, 341 Harper, Mr, at Bank of England, 131, 132 Harriot, Mr Thames police officer, 181 Harris (alias Fleming) Ann, prisoner, utterer, 652 Henry, prisoner, utterer, 546 Robert, thief, 223 Harrison ..., Mr, pawnbroker, 496 Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, 238 William, prisoner, 241 Hartned, Mary, see Hartnell, Mary Hartnell (alias Read, alias Wilson), Mary, prisoner, utterer, 318, 429, 438, 453 Harvey, William, prisoner, utterer, 244–5 Harwood, Isack, seller, 273 Hase, Henry, chief cashier, Bank of England, 198, 268, 357, 627, 648, 662, 734 Hatfield, Amelia, prisoner, utterer, 176, 177 Hatton, John, prisoner, possessor, 582–3 Hawkesbury, Lord, see Jenkinson Haynes, Ann, see Foss, Ann Hayselden (or Hazelton), Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 210, 235 Healy, Betty, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713 Hearn, John, prisoner, utterer, 373 Hearson (or Eyreson), Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 104–5, 141, 143, 627, 635; her husband John, prisoner, utterer, 103–4, 626, 627 Heath, ...Judge (Norwich), 602 Hebb, ..., Mr, tobacconist, 762 Henderson, ..., sheriff, Jedburgh, Scotland, 63 Henningham, William, prisoner, utterer, 107, 608; his wife, xx Henshaw, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 236 Herbert, Rachel, prisoner, utterer, 545 Hertford, 191, 642 Hewster, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 486–7, 542, 543 Heylin, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453 Hickson, James, offender (unspecified), 588 Higgins, John, governor of Lancaster castle, 672–3, 689, 699, 712 Hill John, prisoner, possessor, 303–4, 373 William, prisoner, utterer, 562 Hilton, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 532 Hindon, ..., Mr, spunging house keeper, 21 Hines, Amelia, prisoner, seller, 449, 720 Hinshaw family, 596 Hitchen, William, offender (unspecified), 82 Hitchens, Frances, prisoner, seller, 720 Hoad, ..., thief, 319 Hobhouse, Henry, home office, permanent under secretary of state, 728, 738 Hoby, ..., Mr, shoemaker, 759 Hodge, William, counterfeiter, 718, 729 Hodges, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 59 Hogan, Lydia, prisoner, utterer, 364, 519–21 Holland, William, prisoner, 161 Hollins, John, offender (unspecified), 570–1 Holman, James, prisoner, utterer, 528–9, 760–2 Holmes, Sarah, see Howell, Sarah Holt, Cornelius, seller, 44 Holyland, ..., Mr, Bow Street officer, 757 home (secretary's) office, xii, xxiv, 89, 178, 608; see also Beckett, Joseph, Capper, John Henry; Hobhouse, Henry, White, Thomas home secretary, xxi, xxii; Lord Sidmouth, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, 103, 110, 114, 120, 158, 221, 236, 246, 270, 307, 513, 527, 651–2, 656, 664, 668, 698–9, 715, 720, 723, 727–8, 738, 744, 757; see also Jenkinson, Robert Banks, Lord Hawkesbury (later 2nd earl of Liverpool); Ryder, Sir Richard Hooper, R., thief, 224 Hope, Mr, 701 Hopgood, John, prisoner, utterer and his wife Mary, 156 Hopkins, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 271 Horne, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 398 Horneman, H. F., debtor, 277 Horsemonger Lane gaol, see prisons, London Horsham, Surr., 733 House, Francis, 590 Howard, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 485, 552, 556, 751; her husband William, prisoner, possessor, 556, 751 Howell ..., 575 (alias Roberts, alias Holmes), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, vii, xv, 256–61, 265, 330–1 Howes, Robert, offender (unspecified) 696 Huddersfield, xv Hudson, J.E., keeper of Chester castle gaol, 764 Hughes Martha, prisoner, seller, 631 Michael (or William), prisoner, utterer, 578 Peter, prisoner, seller, 673 Hulbert, Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 592–3 hulks (prison ships): xi, xiii, xviii, xix Bellerophon, 666, 668–9, 681–3, 698–701, 723–4, 727; corporal punishment and hard labour on, xi Captivity, 589–94, 598–9, 648–50, 657–8, 667, 695; description of life on, 64, 87; Duncan, 767; Justitia, 196–203, 273–4, 348–9, 527–9; Laurel, 618, 622, 624–5, 703; Leviathan, 556, 704–5, 742–6, 751–2, 759; Portland, 587–8, 600–1, 614–17, 651, 654–6, 697; Prudentia, 59–60, 62–3; request for removal to, 766; Retribution, xvi, 48, 64–6, 68–9, 86–9, 91–3, 97–8, 101–4, 106, 110, 113, 127, 156–9, 234, 436, 662, 664, 684, 694, 702, 737–8, 740–1; Royal Admiral, 61; unnamed, 213, 656; Zealand, 602–3, 606–11, 646 Humphreys, ..., Mr, attorney, 240 Hunt, Edward, keeper of Portsmouth gaol, 750 Hyland (or Ireland), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 377, 412 I. Idswell, ..., stamp forger and his wife, 2 ill-health: of prisoners, 51–2, 54, 65, 94–5, 175, 208, 211, 233, 269, 318, 321, 330, 334, 336, 360, 362, 366, 386, 388, 399, 401, 402, 413, 420, 424, 428, 430–1, 477, 479, 486, 507, 509, 520–1, 539, 556, 572, 589, 592, 601, 637, 651, 697, 751, 759, 766; of prisoner's spouse, 46, 115, 125–7, 129, 330, 485, 552, 556; of prisoner's children, 118, 123, 175, 177, 190, 254, 260–1, 362, 364, 391, 401, 499, 521; see also death of child of prisoner informants to Bank, xii, xviii, xx; see also under name of individual Ireland, 152, 575–6, 596, 701 Ireland, Sarah, see Hyland, Sarah Isaacs, Jacob, utterer, 181 J. Jackson John (alias Tarbox, Joseph), prisoner, utterer, 742–6 Sir John, M.P., 727 Samuel, utterer, 658 Jacobs Haffey of Middlesex Street, 596 ... (Jacakeps), 677 James, John, prisoner, utterer, and his wife Ann, 246 Janson, ..., Mr, spunging house keeper, 21 Jasper, William, prisoner, utterer, 378 Jedburgh, Scotland, 63 Jelly, James, prisoner, seller, and his wife, 723–4 Jenkins, George, prisoner, utterer, 581 Jenkinson Mary Ann, prisoner, forger, 43–5 Robert Banks, Lord Hawkesbury (later 2nd earl of Liverpool), 45, 46, 590 Jennings Joseph, possessor, 701 Joseph (same?), prisoner, possessor, 618 Jervis, William, prisoner, utterer, 534 Johns Phillis, prisoner, utterer, 537 Samuel, prisoner, 732 Johnson, Benjamin, offender (unspecified), 221, 228 Edward, keeper of Norwich castle gaol, 763 Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 207 John, prisoner, utterer, 592–3 J.A., attorney, 765 Richard, see Burbidge, Richard Robert, prisoner, utterer, 111 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 514–5, 533 Jonas, ... ('a Jew'), forger, 2 Jones Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 135–8, 140, 148, 636, 638 Humphrey, keeper of Ruthin gaol, 572 James, prisoner, utterer, 702 John, prisoner, utterer, 444 J. W., petitioner for prisoner, 418 Laurence, forger, and his widow, 2 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 549 Richard, prisoner, possessor, 592–3 Jorgensen, Jorgen, debtor, 168 judges, the twelve, 400, 451 jury, grand, 393, 465 Justitia prison ship, see hulks K. Kain (or Kaine, Kane, Kean, Keen), Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 171 Kaye Charles, partner, Freshfields, xiv, 717 Joseph, partner, Freshfields, xiv, xv, 11, 51, 118, 134, 188–9, 195, 197, 275, 309, 383, 553, 575–6, 596, 628, 711 Thomas, witness, 589 Kelly Mary, prisoner, utterer, 401 Mary Ann, utterer, 536 Kemble, Louisa, (alias Conner, Emma), prisoner, utterer, 296–8, 324; Catherine her sister, 296–8, 324 Kent, 716 Kent,..., 527 Kershaw ..., 581 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 666 King ..., seller, 240 George, prisoner, utterer, 558 James, 716 John, see Williams, James Mary, prisoner, utterer, 393 Robert, 575, 596 King's Bench prison, see prisons, in London Kingswood, Surr., 721 Kirkby ..., Mr, Newgate gaol official (?), 29 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 379 Kirkman,..., 581 Knotts, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 725 Koops, Matthias, debtor, 2 L. Ladlow, Mr, shoemaker, 759 Lamb, Michael, 'Fleet note' handler, 108 Lambert, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 548 Lancashire, ix, 527, 568, 581 Lancaster castle gaol, see prisons, outside London Lane, Timothy, prisoner, utterer, 351 Langley, Thomas, executed for forgery, 157 Langstone Harbour, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks Later, Charles, utterer, 529 Latkow, John (or George), see Ellis, John Laurel prison ship, see hulks Law Archibald, clerk to Portsmouth town clerk, 687, 744 James, prisoner, utterer, 327 Layshaw, Ann (alias Wardle, Sarah), prisoner, utterer, 565 Leagh (or Leigh), W., prisoner on hulk, 662 Lawrence, Thomas, utterer, 677 Lazarus, Eleazar, prisoner, possessor, 199 Leach, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 94–5 Le Breton, Thomas, governor of Cardiff gaol, 748 Lee(s), John, Bank investigator, 101, 103, 149, 562, 649 Leeds, Yorks., 633 Leeson ..., utterer, 728 Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 400 Lenny, Mary, prisoner, forger, xvi, 268–9 Leonard, Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 409 'lesser offence', see forged notes, possession of Lester, Samuel, possessor, 753 letters: appearance and form of, xii, xiii delivery by hand to Freshfields' offices, xii female involvement in writing, xv females able to write, xvi gendered nature of requests in, xvii multi-writers, xv objectives of writers, xv–xix 'oral writing' in, xiii postal delivery of, xiii requesting pecuniary relief, xvii–xviii, xix, xxi responses to, viii, xx–xxiii use of scribes to write, xiii, xvi Leviathan prison ship, see hulks Levy, Lazarus, thief, 705 Lincoln, 273 Litchfield, Staffs., 334 Liverpool, 2nd earl of, see Jenkinson Liverpool, Lancs., 49, 181, 672, 701 Lloyd James, prisoner, 182 Jecks, see Lomas John John, solicitor, Stockport, 64–7, 87, 582–3, 764 Lockyer, Mr, shopkeeper, 244–5 Lomas, John, (alias Lloyd, Jecks), prisoner, utterer, 522–4; his wife, 524 London, places in: Albany (New) Road (Old Kent Road) 348; Albany Yard (Old Kent Road), 501; Ave Maria Lane, 381; Basinghall Street, 1; Berkeley Square, 606; Blackhorse Yard (Aldersgate Street), 708; Blackwall, 97; Bloomsbury Square, 568; Borough, 387, 688, 762; Bryanston Square, 734; Camberwell, 150, 534; Carlisle Place (Borough), 387; Charles Street, Drury Lane, 491, 493; Chiswick, 248; Church Lane (St George East), 623; City Road, 155; Covent Garden Market, 740; Coventry Street, 759; Crooked Lane (Cannon Street), 274; Chapel Street, 759; Dog Lane (Row?), Mile End, 522; Drury Lane, 753; Duke Street (Bloomsbury), 240; Eagle Street (Holborn), 300; East Smithfield, 688; Essex Street (Strand), 150; Fann Street, 494, 743; Fleet Lane, 167; Fore Street, Lambeth, 22; Fore Street (London Wall?), 204; French Alley (Hatfield Street), 708; Friar Street (Blackfriars Road), 496; George Street, Blackfriars Road, 232; George Yard (Whitechapel), 91; Golden Lane, 160, Gracechurch Street, 407, 553; Hammersmith, 248; Hatfield Street (Goswell Street), 708; Hatton Garden, 341, 561; Holborn, 70, 245; Holborn Hill, xii; Howland Street, 245; Hoxton, 483; Islington, 155; KentishTown, 496; Kings Street, 615; Leigh Street, 300; Limehouse, 102; Lincoln's Inn (New Square), 671; Little St Thomas Apostle Street, 526; Long Alley (Moorfields), 231; Long Acre, xii; Marylebone New Road, 759;Middlesex Street, 596; Montagu Place, 380; Mount Street, 759; New Bank Buildings, xiv; Nightingale Lane, Tower Hill, 2; Noble Street, 494; Norfolk Street (Strand), 87; Old Pye Street, 399; Old Street, 109; 13; Oxford Road (Street) 759; Parliament Street, 568; Pear Tree Street (Goswell Road), 743; Piccadilly, 759; Prujean (Prugean) Square (Court), 621; Ratcliff, 375; Saffron Hill, 318; St Bartholemew's Hospital, 479–80, 505, St James's Street, 759; St John Square, 132; St Margaret's Hill, Borough, 762; St Swithun's Lane, xiv; St Thomas's Hospital, 708; Shoreditch, ix; Smithfield, 546, 708; Smiths Court (Holborn?), 143; Somerset Street, Aldgate, 200; South Audley Street, 365; Stepney, 375; Thayre Street, 589; TokenhouseYard, xiv; Tottenham Court Road, 245; Tower Street (Westminster), 153; Vine Street, 536, 564, 759; Wardour Street, 759; Whitecross Street; 130; Wood Street (Cheapside), 260; Wych Street, 20 London, public houses (alehouses) in: Admiral Benbow, Golden Lane, 160; Ball, Long Alley, Moorfields, 231; Brewer, Friar Street, Blackfriars Road, 496; Coach and Horses, Drury Lane, 753; Coach and Horses, Fann Street, 494, 743; Crown and Sceptre, Golden Lane, 357; Golden Lion, Fore Street(London Wall?), 204; Greyhound, (unlocated), 708; Man in the Moon, Noble Street, 494; Robin Hood (unlocated), 215; Ship, Whitecross Street, 130 London, prisons, see prisons Long, Sarah, see Davis, Sarah Longman, Samuel, prisoner, possessor, 492 Lord, Ann, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 715 Low, John Vesey, prisoner, 154 Lowe,..., 701 Lowes, Jonathan, 677 Lucas, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 479–80, 505, 533 Lymington, Hants, 750 M. Macarthy, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 28–31, 45 McBride, Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 481–2 McCann (alias Murphy), John, prisoner, seller, 653 McCarthy, Johanna, pri0 soner, utterer, 337, 695 McCormick John, prisoner's landlord, 615 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453 McDermot, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 365 McKenna, R. B., solicitor of Cannon Street, London, 274 Macklanine (?), Thomas, 215 McLaud, Samuel, seller, 384 McMahon, Hugh, prisoner, possessor, 691, 701, 711 Mcnortore,..., Mr, shoemaker, 606 McNoughtion,..., Mr, shoemaker (same?), 759 Macquarie, Lachlan, governor of New South Wales, 307, 667 McQuinn, Charles, 596 Maddocks, Benjamin, prisoner, utterer, 592–3 Maidenhead, Berks., 734 Maidstone, Kent, 670–1, 693, 760–2 Maitland, Ebenezer, director of Bank of England, 51–2 Man, Alexander, debtor, 280 Manchester, 527, 581–2, 631, 672, 723; magistrates in, 581 Manners, Henry, prisoner (Devizes), 722 Manning, William, director and governor of Bank of England, 103, 116 Mannings,..., Mr, solicitor, Clements Inn, 300 Marr, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 363 Marsh ..., 400, 575 ..., Mrs, mother of prisoner, 402 Marshalsea prison, see prisons, in London Marshall, J., prisoner, utterer, and his wife, 1–2 Martin, Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 362, 499 Mason, George, 744 Mather, Solomon, prisoner, utterer, 735 Matt, John, witness, 132 Maynard, Joseph, at Freshfields, 517, 522–3, 566 Joseph Cam, (same?), partner at Freshfields, xiv Mayner, Samuel, prisoner, utterer, 5–6; A. his wife, 6 Mazagora, Mary, prisoner, seller, 205 Mellish, William, governor of Bank of England, M.P. for Mdx, 526 Menzies, W., offender (unspecified), 227 Meredith, William, executed for forgery, 590 Miares, Clementina, prisoner, utterer, 532 Middleton, Lancs., 527 Middleton, William, prisoner, utterer, 98, 102 Miles, Henry, 581 Millbank penitentiary, see prisons, in London Miller ..., 581 Elizabeth, prisoner, possessor, 394 John, police officer, Liverpool, 672 Mills, Eli, solicitor, 765 Millson, Edward, book keeper, discharged prisoner, 151 Milne, Oswell, of New Bayley, Salford, 527, 672 mint, the royal, 214, 596, 729; solicitors to, 568, 726, 729 Mitchell, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453 Montagu, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 532 Moore Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 453 Henry, offender, (unspecified), 647, 659 James, prisoner, utterer, 361 John, prisoner, possessor, 727 Morgan, David, keeper of Carmarthen borough gaol, 717 Morpeth, Northumb., 63 Morris Benjamin, prisoner (unspecified), 229 Elizabeth, prisoner, 99, 231, 627 Frances, prisoner, 350 George, prisoner, seller, 668–9, 674; his wife Elizabeth, 669 John, prisoner, utterer, 306–7 (alias Tongue), William, prisoner, utterer, 527 Moxham, James, prisoner, utterer, 737 Murphy Archibald, 65, 68 John, prisoner, utterer, 448 John, see McCann, John N. Nadin, Joseph, deputy constable of Manchester, 581, 588, 657, 672, 747 Nash ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 91 ..., (alias Williams), 563 navy, see armed services Neilde, John, prisoner, utterer, 666 Newchurch, Lancs., 715 Newgate gaol, see prisons, in London Newland Abraham, chief cashier, Bank of England, 580 (or Newman), Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 609–10, 613 Newman ..., horse dealer, 693 ..., keeper of Newgate gaol, 117, 143–4, 148 Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, xx, 305 Isaac, see Newland, Isaac Samuel (or Thomas), prisoner, utterer, 240–2 Newmarket, Suff., 93 Noble, Ann, prisoner, seller, 192 Norman, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 333–4 North Bradley, Wilts., vicar of, 605 Northfleet, Kent, 111, 170 Norwich, 763 Nottingham, 268, 273 Nunn, ..., Mr, tailor, 589 O. occupations, professions and trades: attorney, 1, 202, 240, 671, 765; baker, pastry cook, 109, 580, 594; baker, ginger breadmaker, 109; banker, 350, 717; barber, 726; book keeper, 151; brewery manager, 524; butcher, 22, 599, 605; carpenter, 60, 664; clergymen, 25, 483, 605, 660; clerk, 380, 687, 744, 752; coachman, 546; cooper, 347, 501; die-sinker, 222; engraver, 3, 152, 600; farmer, 660, 689; goldsmith, 381; hawker, 691, 701, 711; highways surveyor, 375; hop and corn merchant, 396; horse dealer, 110, 693, 716; inn keeper, 687; japanner, 43–5; landlady/ landlord, 55, 160, 240, 375, 409, 615; lawyer, 151; linen draper, 22; lodging house keeper, 269; navy agent, 244–5; nurse, 726; paper maker, 152; pawnbroker, 496; pin maker, 18; printer, 131–4, 152; printer's overlooker, 150; rent collector, 375; rope maker, 347; saddle and harness maker, 496; sailor, 325, 373, 443, (royal marine) 513; school teacher, 200, 269; servant, 139–40, 256, 269, 352, 380, 734; shoe/bootmaker, 229, 557, 606–7, 759; shopkeeper, 244, 245; shop man, 22, 70, 244, 245; soldier, 444, 602, 702; solicitor, 30, 34, 45, 64–7, 87, 197, 205, 274, 300, 341, 407, 568, 573, 575, 582–3, 590, 595, 598–9, 605, 659, 710, 726, 729 739, 749, 765; tailor, 589; tobacconist, 762; tradesman, 483, 496; upholsterer, 300; warehouseman, 120; weaver (engine weaver), 674; wool merchant, xv O'Connor, Dennis, counterfeiter, 611, 646 Old, David, debtor, 18 Oliver Barbara, prisoner, utterer, 268 Benjamin, see Dicken, Benjamin Orton, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 450, 709 Oseland, John, offender (unspecified), 703 Outridge, John, prisoner, utterer, 708 Owen, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 357–8; his wife Elizabeth, 358 Owens, John, prisoner, seller, 312 overseer of poor, 375, 605 Overton, ..., 494 P. Palethorpe, Joseph, debtor, 84 Paley, Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 475–7, 506, 533 Palmer ..., Mr, friend of prisoner, 347 ..., prisoner, 622 Margaret (or Mary), (alias Brown, Eliza), offender (unspecified), 642 Parr, ..., 300 Pascoe, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 533 Pasmore, John, offender (unspecified), 571 Patrick, Benjamin, forger, 575–6, 701, 733 Paul, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 188 Pauls, ..., Mr, 701 Payce, George, offender (unspecified), 109 Peacock, Jack, 740 Pearson (alias Wright), Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 159, 165, 183–4, 187; her husband John, prisoner, utterer, 159 Pedley, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 628, 636–7 Pendleton, Mary (or Martha), prisoner, utterer, 317, 320, 377, 460 Pendray, William, prisoner, utterer, 349 Penrose, William, treasury official, 570 Percy, Peter, of Bow Street magistrates' court, 386 Peterborough, 660 Peters (alias Walker), William, prisoner, possessor, 586 Phillips George, seller, 749 William, prisoner, informer, 575–6, 591, 596 Pierce, Hugh, prisoner, utterer, 600 Pilcher (or Pitcher), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 55 Pilkington, Anne, prisoner, utterer, 326 Pimblott (alias Collins), Mary, prisoner, seller, 532 Pinehard, John, solicitor, 605 Pitcher, Sarah, see Pilcher, Sarah Platt, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 536 plea-bargain system, vii, ix, x; refusal of offer of plea-bargain, viii, xxii; requests for, xii gratitude for, xxiii Plymouth, as station for hulks, xix Plymouth Dock, 349 Pole, Charles, governor of Bank of England, 759 Polley, Hannah, prisoner, seller, 369, 413, 430–1 Porter, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 166, 402, 445, 740 Portland prison ship, see hulks Portsea, Hants, 244, 696 Portsmouth, Hants, xix, 30–31, 49, 90, 205, 213, 570, 578–9, 613, 619, 625–7, 636–8, 641–2, 653, 661, 687–8, 705, 746, 750, 765; as station for hulks, 556, 587–94, 598–601, 614–18, 622, 624, 648–51, 654–8, 667, 696, 697, 703–5, 742–5, 759; town clerk of, see Callaway Potter, Humphrey, remanded for burglary, 14 Poulett, ..., chaplain of Shrewsbury gaol, 660 Poultry compter, see prisons, in London Pownall, John, lawyer, Staples Inn, 151 pregnancy and childbirth, 99, 102, 200, 239, 244, 250–3, 257–9, 375, 433, 484, 537, 554 Prescott, Charles, magistrate, Lancs., 87, 583 Price George, prisoner, utterer, 446 John, petitioner for prisoner, 132–3 Prichard, Benjamin, prisoner, possessor, 233 Prince Ann, prisoner, utterer, 542, 543 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 46, 52 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 532 Prince Regent, the, xx, xxii, 132, 212, 214, 221, 375, 660, 712, 738 Pringle, Sophia, forger, power of attorney, 11 prisons, in London: Borough compter, 382–3, 500; Bridewell (New), 16; Clerkenwell prison, 1–3, 13, 108, 151, 155, 160, 384, 560–1; Coldbath Fields prison, 12, 56–7, 109, 152, 180–1, 228–9, 341, 385, 397, 459, 522–5, 622, 681, 688; Fleet prison, 2, 84, 168, 568; Giltspur Street compter, 26 (New compter), 49, 172, 346, 351, 386, 519–21, 537; Horsemonger Lane gaol, 14, 17, 58, 96, 150, 182, 233, 272, 342–5, 384, 387–94, 414, 455–7, 501, 518, 534, 558–9, 688; King's Bench prison, 8, 19, 23, 173–4, 279, 340, 395–6, 415–16, 488, 502–3, 526; Marshalsea prison, 85, 161; Millbank penitentiary, 270–1, 321, 528, 714–5; Newgate gaol, vii, xv–xvi, xxii, 2, 11, 25, 28–30, 32–33, 35–47, 50–5, 70–83, 94–5, 99–100, 105, 107, 112, 115–17, 120–1, 125, 131–49, 159, 162–6, 175–9, 183, 208–20, 223–4, 226–7, 237–67, 270–1, 278, 281–329, 333, 335, 337, 352–80, 401, 404–48, 454, 460, 462–97, 499, 504–17, 530–1, 535, 537–57, 561–7, 608, 614, 620–2, 625, 627, 639–40, 675–80, 700, 705, 741, 751; conditions in, xviii–xix; fees in, xix; keeper of, xix, xxii; see also Newman, Mr; Brown, William Henry; Poultry compter, 9, 18, 27; Tothill Fields prison; 4–5, 7, 397 Whitecross Street prison, 244, 277–8, 280, 458; Wood Street compter, 15, 24 prisons, outside London: Ashbourne, 202; Bath, 595; Bedford county, 708; Birmingham, 573; Bodmin, 718, 729; Boulogne (France), 736; Bristol bridewell, 695; Bristol Newgate, 337; Carmarthen borough, 717; Chelmsford, 577, 730, 758; Cardiff, 748; Chester castle, 49, 764; Coventry, 731; Devizes, 605, 716, 722; Devon county, 732, Exeter, 192, 580, Fisherton, Salisbury, 612, 721; Gloucester city, 658; Gloucester county, 274; Hertford, 191; Horsham, 733; Ilchester castle, 400, 749, 756–7; Lancaster castle, 188, 195, 334, 581–3, 643, 662, 672–3, 689, 691–2, 699, 711–15, 735, 747, 754; Leicester, 709; Maidenhead, 734; Maidstone, 670–1, 693, 760–2; Morpeth, 63; Salford, New Bayley, 527; Norwich castle, 763; Norwich county, 763; Nottingham, 268, 273; Oxford castle, 710; Portsmouth, 750; Reading county, 719; Ruthin, 572; Shrewsbury, 660; Stafford, 350, 574, 647, 659; Warwick castle, 82, 449, 569, 575–6, 591, 596; Warwick county, 720; Winchester, 269, 716, 722, 765–6; Worcester, 652; York castle 644–5 prison system, xix prison, work in, xviii, 366, 457 Pritchard, ..., Mr, printer's overlooker, 150 Procter, Charles, Bank investigator, 539, 552 Prosser, ..., Mr, shopkeeper, 244 Prudentia prison ship, see hulks Pryor, Elizabeth, 553; her husband, Nathaniel (or Matthew), 407 public houses (alehouses), see London, public houses in Pullen, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 54 Q. Quin, James, prisoner, utterer, 663 Quinn, Catherine, prisoner, seller, 532 R. Radford Richard, prisoner, utterer, 301, 373 William, prisoner, utterer, 592 radicals/reformers of Middleton, 527 Radmore, William, seller, 349 Read (alias Spence), utterer, 245 Mary, see Hartnell, Mary Reading, Berks., 113, 496, 719 Reading, David, prisoner (unspecified), 229 recorder of London, 104, 684 'Red Bill's' woman, 613 Redding (or Reading, or Reeding), Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 511, 533 Redford, Mary, prosecution witness, 595 Redgrave, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 391 Reed ..., police officer (London), 675–6 Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 311, 412, 438, 453 regiments and companies: 18th Hussars, 444; Cambridgeshire Militia (58th regiment of Foot), 602; HM African Corps, 578 'restriction', period of, viii, xxi Retribution prison ship, see hulks Rhodes, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 360, 432 'Richmond's party', 107 Ridpath, J. C. P., solicitor, Bath, 595, 598–9 Riley John, die sinker, 222 John, prisoner, utterer, 321, 373 Rimes, John, prisoner, 579 Roberts Mary, utterer, 148 Robert, thief, 239 Sarah, see Howell, Sarah Thomas, prisoner, seller, 653 Robinson ..., 756 George, 668 George, prisoner, 243 John, prisoner on hulk, 662 Mary (alias Singleton), prisoner, utterer, 467, 469, 470 Savile, offender (unspecified), 13 Rodgers (or Rogers), Henry, prisoner, utterer, 626, 627 Rooke,..., Mr, partner of Danish consul, 277 Roe, H. Mrs, prisoner, 26 Rogers, John, prisoner, utterer, 373 Rooker, J., clerk at Freshfields, 354–5, 409, 422, 474, 494 Ross, ..., 513 Royal Admiral prison ship, see hulks Royal Exchange Assurance, xv Roydhouse, William, debtor, 10 Ruff, ..., Mr, Bow Street police officer, 616, 752 Rummer, Ann, utterer on Norwich bank, 565 Rushton, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 49 Russell Edward, debtor, 396 George, prisoner, utterer, 111 Henry, prisoner, utterer, 157 Joseph, debtor, 172 Ryder, Sir Richard, home secretary, 77, 598 S. Salmon, ..., Mr, Bow Street police officer, 719 Sammon, Bib, 740 Sanderson, J. of Brick Lane, London, 597 Saunders, Ellen, prisoner, utterer, 453 Savage, ..., and family, 347 Sayers, John, prisoner, utterer, 344 Schrouder, John, debtor, 167 Scotland, 152, 596 Scott, Joseph, prisoner, utterer, 198 Scrubbs, William, friend of prisoner, 536 Scutts, J.H., cooper, 347, 501 Seath, James, 759 secretary of state for home office/home department, see home secretary Sellars, (alias Wilson), Margaret, prisoner, utterer, 268 Seymour, George, prisoner, utterer, 496–7 Shanton, ..., Mr, 701 Sharp, Thomas, debtor, 173 Sharpe, David, prisoner, utterer, 447 Sharpies, William, prisoner, utterer, 658 Shaw ..., Mr, police officer in London, 371 ..., Mr, solicitor, 274 William, prisoner, utterer, 706 Shearer, Charles, commission agent, debtor, 526 Sheerness, Kent, as station for hulks, 159, 234, 602–4, 606–11, 662, 664–6, 668–9, 681–6, 694, 698–702, 706–7, 723–4, 727, 737–41, 767 Sherwood, William, horse stealer, 721 ships: captains/masters of hulks; Blackman (Portland), 587, 601; Briant (Leviathan), 753; Mears (Retribution), 664; Owen, S. (Portland and Bellerophon), 655, 699; Smith (Justitita), 274; Steadman (Leviathan), 704; captains of transport ships; Boulay (Indian), 90; Boyce (William Pitt), 30–1, 34, 45; Brown (Morley), 686; Ellerby (John Barry), 746; Osten (Elizabeth), 663; Shore (Fortune), 579; Walker (Fortune), 613; un-named transport ship captains, 89, 190, 651, 728; hospital ships: Batavia, 706–7, 726; Discovery, 604; Savage, 114; un-named, 129; naval ships, HMS Censor, 513; ships (prison), see hulks; ship's surgeon, Bromley, E.J. (Lord Wellington), 449–50; T. transport ships: Admiral Gambier, 592; Baring, 653; Broxbournbury, 118, 169–71; Earl Spencer, 626–7; Elizabeth, 663; Fame, 661; Fortune, 570–1, 578–9, 613; Friendship, 268, 273, 275–6; General Hewitt, 111, 619; Granada, 739; Indian, 90–1; Janus, 398; John Barry, 746; Lord Melville, 235–6; Lord Wellington, xvi, 449–54, 461; Malabar, 529; Maria, 332–9; Mary Ann, 205–7, 532–3, 565; Morley, 664–6, 685–8; Northampton, vii, xvi, 184–95; Sidney Cove, 585; Sir William Bensley, 661–2; Somersetshire, 129, 152; Surrey, 625; Wanstead, 628–38, 641–2; William Pitt, 30–1, 34, 45; transport ships for females, 553 Shone, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 660 Shrewsbury, 660 Shrubsole, W., governor of Oxford castle gaol, 710 Sidmouth, Viscount, see home secretary Silvester, Sir John, recorder of London, 104 Simcox, Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 347–8, 501 Simpson, Thomas, forger, 272 Sinclair, Alexander, offender (unspecified), 736 Singleton, Mary, see Robinson, Mary Siston, Som., 599 Skipper, John, under sheriff of Norfolk, 763 Skelton, Harriet, prisoner, utterer, 300 Sladen, Rachel, prisoner, utterer, 195 Slater Bridget (or Elizabeth), prisoner, utterer, 530, 552, 555 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, and ?his wife Elizabeth (alias Morris), 99, 231, 627 Sly, Elizabeth (formerly Flamston), prisoner, possessor, and her husband John, prisoner, forger, 56–7, 70 Small, Archibald, prisoner, possessor, 661 Smith ..., 513 ..., and female companion, 528 ..., Mr, prisoner's employer, 260 Ann, see Cadman, Sarah Elizabeth (or Harriet), prisoner, utterer, (Putney), 345, 453, 456 Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer (London), 478, 533 Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, (London, another), 509, 533 George, (alias Tyler), Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 204 George, keeper of Tothill Fields prison, 4–7 Henry, debtor, 690 Henry, director of Bank of England, 118 Jane, prisoner, utterer, 137, 139–40, 636, 638 John, prisoner, utterer (Sussex), 97, 101 John, prisoner, utterer (Nottingham), 273 John, prisoner, utterer (London), 563–4 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 453, 461 Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 472–4, 547 Miss ... (Birmingham), seller, 347 Mrs ... (Birmingham), seller, 747 Philip, 693, 708 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 325, 373 Thomas, prisoner, utterer (another), 648–650 Thomas, tap room operator, King's Bench prison, 488 William, secretary, Bank of England Committee for Law Suits, 51–2, 118, 367, 422, 468, 474 Solihull, Warws., 347 Spears (or Spires), Margaret, prisoner, utterer, xv, xvii, 232, 250–5, 261, 289–95, 330–1; her brother, 232 Spencer, Sir George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, 157 Spink, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 232 Spithead, see Portsmouth, as station for hulks Spunden, William, debtor's partner, 279 spunging houses, 20, 167 Spurrier, William, solicitor, Birmingham, 197, 573, 575, 590, 659, 749 Spurrier and Ingelby, solicitors, 749 Stafford, 347, 350, 574, 634, 647, 659 Staffordshire, 573 Stalard, ..., 656 Stalker, Mary, prisoner, utterer, 533 Stamford, Edward, petitioner for prisoner, 518 Stanton, Salop, 660 Startin, Sarah, prisoner, seller, 628, 636 Steel, Mary, prisoner, seller, 453, 454 Stevens, (or Stevenson), William, prisoner, seller, 347, 500 Stevenson, Maria, prisoner, utterer, 532 Stewart Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 514, 533 William, prisoner, utterer (London), 606–7 William, prisoner, seller (Liverpool), 712 Stilbee, James, acquitted of uttering, 765 Stiles, Ann, prisoner, utterer, 235 Stockport, Cheshire, 64, 68 Stone, William, prisoner, utterer, 54, 58 Storey (or Storrey or Story), Ann, prisoner, utterer, xiv, 281–8 (or Story) John, prisoner, utterer, 355 Stott, Elizabeth (Betty), prisoner, seller, 333, 713 Strickland, James, debtor, 53 Stubbs, Elizabeth, see Chamberlain, Elizabeth Sturgess,..., 494 Styles, William, informer, 767 Summers, ..., 590 Sumner, John, keeper of Birmingham gaol, 573 Suter (or Shooter or Shuter or Souter), ..., Mr, clerk at Freshfields, 31, 70, 74, 80–1, 443, 585 Suthmier, Frederick, debtor, 416 Swain, Mary, forger of navy transfers, 302 Swarbrick, Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 86 Tarbox, Joseph, see Jackson, John Tatnall, Mr, gaol official, Warwick, 596, 720 Taunton, Henry, solicitor at Oxford, 710 Tavenor John, seller, 110, 622, 708 Susannah, seller, 633, 708 Tayler, Edward, prisoner, utterer, 200 Thomas, school master, 200 Taylor Ann, prisoner, utterer, 209, 210 Catherine, prisoner, utterer, 510, 533 Charles, 581 Cornell (or Collen), ?police office, Manchester, 527 Jane, prisoner, utterer, 336 John, prisoner, utterer, 666 tea and sugar, as necessities, xxi, 28, 34, 38, 191, 218, 232, 463, 481, 637 Teague, Mr, official at Newgate gaol, 537 Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Richard, 2nd marquess of Buckingham (later 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos), 440 Thames, river, as station for hulks, xiii, xix, 60 Thatcher, Martha, prisoner, utterer, 265–6 Thomas, Hosanna (or Rosanna), prisoner, utterer, 336 Thompson, Louisa, prisoner, possessor, 532 Thomson, ..., (in spunging house), 21 Thorn Charlotte, prisoner, utterer, 533 Louisa, prisoner, possessor, 463–4, 481 Thornley, ..., acquitted of forgery, 757 Thorp, Edward, offender (unspecified), 341 Thorpe Eleanor, prisoner, utterer, 630 George, prisoner, utterer, 488 Tippett, James, solicitor, Falmouth, 34, 45; his son, 45 Tomlinson, Eleanor, prisoner, utterer, 639–41 Tongue, William, see Morris, William Tool, Mrs, friend of prisoner, 231 Tothill Fields prison, see prisons, in London Townsend D., bankrupt, 612 John, prisoner, possessor, 593 transportation: as secondary punishment, ix, x, xi, xxiv; Bank policy on payments on embarkation, xxi; requests for immediate, 45, 177, 651; return from, 71; wait for ships, ix, xii; see also ships, transport Treemer, (or Freeman) (alias Day), Harriett, prisoner, utterer, ix, xii Trindle, Elizabeth, utterer on Norwich bank, 565 Truman, ..., 112 Truman's brewery, Spitalfields, 524 Turnbull, William, prisoner, utterer, and his sister Rebecca, 380 Turner ..., Mr, linen draper, 22 Esther, prisoner, forger, 235 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 338–9 Thomas, 314 turnkeys, as letter scribes, xiii, xvi Twine, Richard, prisoner, utterer, 342 Tyler Thomas, see Smith, George William, highways surveyor, 375 U. Upcroft, John, escaped prisoner, 763 Usher, Betsy, acquitted of uttering, 501 V. Velton George, prisoner, utterer, 371 J., high constable of Bray, Berks., 734 Vernon and Franklin, solicitors to the royal mint, 726, 730 Vickers, J., housebreaker, 489 Voss, ..., 482 W. Waddle, Letitia, see Wardle, Leititia Wade (alias Whitaker), Abraham, prisoner, utterer, 754 Waldon, Henry, prisoner (Winchester), 757 Wales, 152 Wales, John, discharged prisoner, 728 Walker James, prisoner, utterer, 698 John, debtor, 19 Richard, prisoner, utterer, 112, 120–1, 125, 127, 149; his wife Mary (alias Glover), 119, 122–4, 126, 128–30, 149, 190 Sarah, debtor, 8 William, see Peters, William Wallis, J. M., offender (unspecified), 671 Waples, Robert, prisoner, utterer, 681–8 Ward Clarissa, see Downes, Clarissa ..., constable of Chester castle, 49 John, prisoner, utterer, 299, 300 Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 359, 433–5 Wardle (or Waddle), Letitia, prisoner, utterer, 453, 454 Sarah, see Layshaw, Ann Wardlow, Robert, prisoner, seller, 712 Ware (or Weare), Elizabeth, prisoner, 40–2, 45, 71, 74–5, 79–81; her husband Thomas, 71 Warrington, Lancs., 630 Warwick, 335, 525, 628, 720 Warwick castle, see prisons outside London Warwick, John, ?Bank investigator, 392 Warwickshire, 573; 720 Watkins, Margaret, prisoner, utterer, 332 Watson Cathrine, prisoner, utterer, 100, 142, 144, 627, 636; her husband, see Wise, Isaac Holland, magistrate, Lancs., 583 Mary, prisoner, utterer, 178, 206–7; Sarah her mother, prisoner, utterer, 178, 184, 194 Thomas, prisoner, possessor, 373 Weare, Elizabeth, see Ware, Elizabeth Webb Eliza, transportee, unspecified offence, 565 William, prisoner, utterer, 196 Webster, Elizabeth, prisoner, utterer, 509, 533 Weller, William, seller, 736 Wells Cathrine, freed prisoner, utterer, 399 Olds, 740 Wem, Salop, 660 Westbrook, Mrs, landlady, 240 Westcoat, Richard, prisoner, possessor, 580, 593–4; his wife Jane, utterer, 580 West India Dock company, 562 Westwood, James, clerk at Freshfields, 129, 133, 188, 196, 216, 226, 228, 240, 305, 310, 321, 341, 607–9, 613, 615, 622, 624, 627, 674, 681, 687 Wheeles, James, 613 Whiley ..., Mr, 44 Sarah (alias Evans), prisoner, utterer, 32–4, 36, 45 Whiston, James, keeper of Ashbourne gaol, 202 Whitaker, Abraham, see Wade, Abraham Whitby, Francis, prisoner, utterer, 382 White Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 716, 722 Thomas, home office official, 114 Whitecross Street prison, see prisons, in London Whitehead ..., Mr, victim of forgery, 601 John, prisoner, seller, 699 Whiteley, Hannah, prisoner, utterer, 532 Wicks, William, offender (unspecified), 96 wife/family to accompany transported prisoner, applications and permissions for, 97–8, 106, 110, 117–18, 130, 144, 153, 156, 158, 200, 205, 208, 226, 236, 246, 306–7, 370, 591, 606, 608, 656, 664, 668–9, 674, 680, 698–9, 723–4, 727, 743–4 Wilberforce, William, Sir, family of, xv Wild, Betty, prisoner, utterer, 333–4 Wilkes, Maria, prisoner, utterer, 316, 317, 352, 377, 436, 438, 453; her husband William, prisoner, utterer, 352, 436 Wilkins, William, prisoner, utterer, 197, 201 Wilkinson, John, prisoner, utterer, 518 Willans, ..., 581 Willey, ..., Mr, attorney, 1 Willcock, Alice, prisoner, seller, 333–4, 713 Williams ..., 307 ..., sheriff of London, 546 Ann, prisoner, utterer, 532 James (alias King, John), 111, 113 Jane, prisoner, utterer, xv, 308–9, 319–20, 377, 404–6, 408, 412, 424, 429, 433, 437–8, 451–3 Maria, prisoner, utterer, 366 Maria, prisoner, utterer (another), 566–7 Wilson Jane (or Jean), prisoner, utterer, 394, 414, 453, 457 John Ivy, prisoner, utterer, 202–3 Margaret, see Sellars, Margaret Mary, see Hartnell, Mary Susannah, prisoner, utterer, 315 Wilson Wright, Mary, prisoner, seller, 532 Wiltshire: high sheriff of, 605; magistrates of, 605 Winchester, Hants, 185, 268–9, 716, 722; 765–6 Windle, James, discharged prisoner, 605 Windsor, ..., Mr, victim of forgery, 22 Wingfield (or Winfield), Elizabeth, prisoner, seller, 411, 438, 453 Winter and Keys, solicitors, 38 Winter, John, sr, and his son John, jr, partners in Freshfields, xiv Wise, Isaac, prisoner, utterer, 619; Cathrine his wife, see Watson, Cathrine Wolstencraft, William, prisoner, utterer, 707 Wood ... Baron Knight, judge, 600 ... Lord Chief Baron (same?), 664 John, prisoner, possessor, 60 Robert, prisoner, utterer, 758 Thomas?, 622 Woodbridge, (?Suff.), 575 Woodbury (or Woodberry), William, prisoner, utterer, 490; his wife Sophia, prisoner, utterer, 491 Woodhead, William, prisoner, utterer, 493 Wood Street compter, see prisons, in London Woolwich, Kent, xii, 398, 449, 454, 461, 532–3, 565; as station for hulks, 48, 59–66, 68–9, 86–9, 91–3, 97–8, 101–4, 106, 110, 113, 127, 156–8, 196–203, 273–4, 348–9, 527–9, 656 Worcester, 336, 652, 701 work/employment, in prison, xvii, 366, 457 Wren, James, debtor, 458 Wrigglesworth and Thorpe, 702 Wright Elizabeth, see Pearson, Elizabeth Sarah, prisoner, utterer, 484, 551, 554, 555 Y. Yates, John, counterfeiter, 731 York, 527, 644–5 York, Prince Frederick Augustus, duke of, 606 York, Mary Ann, prisoner, utterer, 270, 328–9 Yorkshire, 596 'Yorkshire Jack', 759 Young George, prisoner, utterer, 667 Mary, prisoner, possessor, 334–5 Thomas, prisoner, utterer, 61 William, see Davis, William Z. Zealand prison ship, see hulks