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Comment on Introducing Alsatia by bryan raper

bryan raper — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:26:39 +0000

I came across the name by reading a noval The Sword of Albion by Mark Chadbourn
this is an excelent noval. I lived in London for years loved the History visited areas when i could .Did not know of this area wish i did when i lived there.
Thanks Bryan.

Comment on The 1697 ‘Escape of Debtors’ act by The Minters petition Parliament | ALSATIA

The Minters petition Parliament | ALSATIA — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:42 +0000

[...] ALSATIA Liberties and Sanctuaries of London Skip to content HomeBlogMapping AlsatiaAbout This ProjectBibliographyCopyrightLinksBiographies ← The 1697 ‘Escape of Debtors’ act [...]

Comment on Laroon’s “Squire of Alsatia” by Bully Dawson « The Bamboo Sea

Bully Dawson « The Bamboo Sea — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:17:49 +0000

[...] found here [...]

Comment on The Black Act by The 1697 ‘Escape of Debtors’ act | ALSATIA

The 1697 ‘Escape of Debtors’ act | ALSATIA — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:19:53 +0000

[...] read, this is quite rare; a quick search has revealed a solitary ‘she’ in the Black Act §2. Gender in the law is an important question, and one eminently susceptible to the digital [...]

Comment on Sanctuary outside England: Iran by History Blog Carnival: The All Saints Eclectic Edition. | The Renaissance Mathematicus

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:10:45 +0000

[...] on Stealing from the Provincial Press. John Levin from Alsatia takes us far a field with his post Sanctury outside England: Iran. The History Reporter Tiffany Dziurman Stozicki introduces us to the Russian pianist Ossip [...]

Comment on Introducing Alsatia by Ted Hill

Ted Hill — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:59:41 +0000

Very interested to come across your website. Have been trying for years to find out more about Whitefriars. My 5 x great grandfather was christened at St Brides in 1714 and lived somewhere in Whitefriars. I have found a lot about him from 1743 on but nothing about his time in Whitefriars.

Keep up the good work

Ted

Comment on The Law against Wapping Mint by The Black Act | ALSATIA

The Black Act | ALSATIA — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:08:46 +0000

[...] Why two laws for the same offence if the harsher one was applicable throughout the country? (The Act against Wapping Mint didn’t come into force until 1725, so Towers could not have been prosecuted under [...]

Comment on The Law against Southwark Mint by The Black Act | ALSATIA

The Black Act | ALSATIA — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:25:43 +0000

[...] is still the more curious in that the third clause of the Act against Southwark Mint, passed at the same time, also criminalized going in disguise, but only within that sanctuary and [...]

Comment on The Ordinary of Newgate’s account of Charles Towers by The Black Act | ALSATIA

The Black Act | ALSATIA — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:23:11 +0000

[...] ALSATIA Liberties and Sanctuaries of London Skip to content HomeBlogMapping AlsatiaAbout This ProjectBibliographyCopyrightLinksBiographies ← The Ordinary of Newgate’s account of Charles Towers [...]

Comment on The Life of Charles Towers, a Minter in Wapping by The Ordinary of Newgate’s account of Charles Towers | ALSATIA

The Ordinary of Newgate’s account of Charles Towers | ALSATIA — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:03:56 +0000

[...] previously published one version of the story of Charles Towers; here is a contemporary telling from the Ordinary of [...]