Division
Records of the King's Bench Prison and the Queen's Prison
Catalogue reference:
Date: 1628-1862
"C11914">PRIS 7Execution books are in PRIS 8Miscellaneous books are in PRIS 9 and PRIS 10
Sub-series
COUNTY ALLOWANCE BOOKS
Catalogue reference: Sub-series within PRIS 9
What's it about?
Sub-series within PRIS 9
Records the names of prisoners receiving money from the county funds. Each entry also contains details of other allowances, on medical or dietary grounds, to which the prisoner was entitled
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sub-series within PRIS 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- COUNTY ALLOWANCE BOOKS
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records the names of prisoners receiving money from the county funds. Each entry also contains details of other allowances, on medical or dietary grounds, to which the prisoner was entitled
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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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Under the Poor Prisoners' Relief Act of 1813 (53 Geo III, c 113), counties were to contribute a sum of money on 1st August each year to maintain poor prisoners in the London debtors' prisons. In order to obtain entitlement to the aid, prisoners were to swear an oath declaring that they were worth no more than £10. The money was then distributed by the prison governor at weekly intervals
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C63129/
Series information
PRIS 9
Queen's Prison: Miscellaneous Books
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COUNTY ALLOWANCE BOOKS
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