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Entry books for discharges: Fleet Prison. Records the dates of discharges of debtors...
Catalogue reference: PRIS 10/51
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This record is about the Entry books for discharges: Fleet Prison. Records the dates of discharges of debtors... dating from 1779-1793 in the series King's (Queen's) Bench, Fleet, Marshalsea and Queen's Prisons: Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRIS 10/51
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books for discharges: Fleet Prison. Records the dates of discharges of debtors from the Fleet. Indexed. The flyleaf states 'NB the last Discharge Book (which contain'd Entries of Discharges for about 20 years past) was burn'd by the Rioters on the 7 June 1780, when the Prison was also destroyed.'
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Public disorder
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3510614/
Series information
PRIS 10
King's (Queen's) Bench, Fleet, Marshalsea and Queen's Prisons: Miscellanea
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Entry books for discharges: Fleet Prison. Records the dates of discharges of debtors...
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