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Series
Fleet Prison: Discharges
Catalogue reference: PRIS 3
What's it about?
PRIS 3
Warrants to the wardens and gaolers of the Fleet Prison for the release of debtors in their care. The series also contains a few misplaced letters, and storeroom details relating to the Queen's Prison.The prisoner's commitment number can be used...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRIS 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fleet Prison: Discharges
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1775-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Warrants to the wardens and gaolers of the Fleet Prison for the release of debtors in their care. The series also contains a few misplaced letters, and storeroom details relating to the Queen's Prison.
The prisoner's commitment number can be used to trace records in other series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Warrants are bundled by date.
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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)
- 43 bundle(s)
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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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- Topics
- Prisons
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Debtors were freed when the plaintiff's opportunity to render a case against the defendant had expired, when the debt was paid off (usually through charitable means) or if the prisoner was freed in accordance with one of the frequent Insolvent Debtors' Acts.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11910/
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