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The Geneva Convention, 1949
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Series
Fleet Prison: Commitments Files
Catalogue reference: PRIS 2
What's it about?
PRIS 2
Files of documents of commitment, render and surrender concerning the commital of debtors and bankrupts to the Fleet Prison. Each file (the later ones are in bundles) relates to an individual prisoner. The documents included the writ of habeas...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRIS 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fleet Prison: Commitments Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758-1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of documents of commitment, render and surrender concerning the commital of debtors and bankrupts to the Fleet Prison. Each file (the later ones are in bundles) relates to an individual prisoner. The documents included the writ of habeas corpus from the justice of the bench to the sheriff who detained the debtor, the sheriff's confirmation of arrest, and details of the debtor's discharge of bail by admission to the prison.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Mainly arranged by commitment number.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also Court of Bankruptcy records in B 2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 160 bundles and files
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11909/
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