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Series
King's (Queen's) Bench Prison and Queen's Prison: Execution Books.
Catalogue reference: PRIS 8
What's it about?
PRIS 8
Books detailing the execution of the debts and damages awarded of prisoners at the King's (Queen's) Bench Prison, and its successor, the Queen's Prison. The entries include the names of the debtor, creditor and attorney, and the amount of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRIS 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- King's (Queen's) Bench Prison and Queen's Prison: Execution Books.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Books detailing the execution of the debts and damages awarded of prisoners at the King's (Queen's) Bench Prison, and its successor, the Queen's Prison. The entries include the names of the debtor, creditor and attorney, and the amount of the debt or damages with a record of the repayment. The date of discharge of the prisoner is given in the margin.
The prisoner's discharge date or 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
Entries are arranged in alphabetical order of prisoners' names, and then under the term in which the debtors were admitted to the prison: Hilary, Easter, Trinity or Michaelmas.
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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)
- 10 volume(s)
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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 unable to pay the money they owed were imprisoned until such time as they could discharge the debt or if the creditor's opportunity to prosecute for the money had expired, or until they were released by one of the many Insolvent Debtors' Acts.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11915/
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