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Prisoners for contempt.
Catalogue reference: PRIS 10/167
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prisoners for contempt. dating from 1822-1842 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 10/167
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1822-1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoners for contempt.
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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
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3510731/
Series information
PRIS 10
King's (Queen's) Bench, Fleet, Marshalsea and Queen's Prisons: Miscellanea
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