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Queen's Prison: Commitments to Strong Room
Catalogue reference: PRIS 6
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PRIS 6
Entries in the books concern the punishment for a variety of offences of prisoners at the Queen's Prison. The offence is described by the reporting officer, and accompanied by the statements of witnesses, other gaolers or prisoners. The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRIS 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Queen's Prison: Commitments to Strong Room
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1847-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entries in the books concern the punishment for a variety of offences of prisoners at the Queen's Prison. The offence is described by the reporting officer, and accompanied by the statements of witnesses, other gaolers or prisoners. The governor's decision is then recorded: either dismissal of the charge or, more often, a caution, or delivery to the strong room for a certain amount of time.
Offences which appear in the books include drunkenness, assault, threatening behaviour, verbal abuse, brawling, gambling, consorting with prostitutes, the smuggling of wives into the cells, slander and libel. Occasionally supporting evidence is attached to the entries, as in a libel case, and there are included a few letters from prisoners in the strong room.
The prisoner's commitment number can be used to trace records in other series.
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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)
- 3 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11913/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PRIS
Records of the King's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea prisons
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Queen's Prison: Commitments to Strong Room
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