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Consists of documents relating to the Release of Prisoners by Rioters Act 1780. Relates...
Catalogue reference: PRIS 10/137B
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This record is about the Consists of documents relating to the Release of Prisoners by Rioters Act 1780. Relates... dating from 1780-1781 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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PRIS 10/137B
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Date (When the record was created)
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1780-1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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Consists of documents relating to the Release of Prisoners by Rioters Act 1780. Relates to the recapture of the freed debtors in accordance with the Release of Prisoners by Rioters Act of 1780 (20 Geo III, c64) and the Destruction of Prisoners by Rioters Act, 1781 (21 Geo III, c1).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Public disorder
- Prisons
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During the Gordon Riots of June 1780, prisoners from the King's Bench and Fleet Prisons were set at large by the rioters.
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