{"id":2068,"date":"2020-07-10T15:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/?page_id=2068"},"modified":"2020-07-10T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:35:30","slug":"1795-the-rules-of-the-kings-bench-prison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/documents\/1795-the-rules-of-the-kings-bench-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"1795: The Rules of the King’s Bench Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Declaring the extent of the Rules of the King\u2019s Bench Prison, 1795.<\/h3>\n

Easter Term. 35 Geo. III. 1795.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Upon reading a petition signed by several of the prisoners <\/span>confined for debt in the <\/span>King’s Bench prison<\/span>; and upon hearing the <\/span>report of the <\/span> coroner and attorney of <\/span>this court respecting the <\/span>said prison <\/span>and the rules <\/span>thereof;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is Ordered, That from and after the <\/span>first day of <\/span>Trinity term next, so much of the <\/span>rule made on Friday next after fifteen days of <\/span>Easter, in the <\/span>thirtieth year of <\/span>his present Majesty’s reign as establishes the rules of the <\/span>said prison<\/span>, be, and the <\/span>same is hereby repealed:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And it is further Ordered, That from and after the <\/span>said first day of <\/span>Trinity term next, the rules of the <\/span>King’s Bench prison <\/span>shall be com<\/span>prised within the bounds following<\/span>; exclusive of the <\/span>public houses hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, from Great Cumber Court in the <\/span>parish of <\/span>Saint George the <\/span>Martyr in the <\/span>county of <\/span>Surry, along the <\/span>north side of <\/span>Great Suffolk Street, as far as the <\/span>Star brewhouse; and from thence along the <\/span>north-west side of <\/span>Gilbert’s Lane to the <\/span>Blackfriars Road, and across the <\/span>said Road along the <\/span>north-west side of <\/span>Webber Street, to the <\/span>Halfway House; and from thence along the <\/span>western side of <\/span>Barron’s Buildings and Saint George’s Row, to the <\/span>Westminster Road; and then across the <\/span>said road, and along the <\/span>western side of <\/span>Saint George’s Mall, and from the <\/span>pastry cook’s at the <\/span>west end thereof, directly across to the <\/span>lamp-post on the <\/span>footpath near the <\/span>watch-house facing the <\/span>Dog and Duck, and along the <\/span>said footpath from the <\/span>said lamp-post, to another lamp-post on the <\/span>eastern side of the <\/span>said Road facing Keys’s Nursery; and then along the <\/span>whole of the <\/span>said Road leading by Prospect Place to the <\/span>Elephant and Castle; and from thence along the <\/span>eastern side of <\/span>Newington Causeway to Great Cumber Court aforesaid:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And it is also Ordered, That the <\/span>House of <\/span>Correction for the <\/span>county of <\/span>Surry, the <\/span>New Gaol Southwark, and the <\/span>Gaol now building for the <\/span>county of <\/span>Surry, and the <\/span>highways (exclusive of the <\/span>houses on each side thereof) leading from the <\/span>King’s Bench prison <\/span>to the <\/span>said gaols respectively, shall be within <\/span>and part of the <\/span>said rules<\/span>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And it is lastly Ordered, That all taverns, victualling houses, alehouses, wine vaults, houses or places licenced to sell gin or other spirituous liquors, and all places licenced for public entertainments, shall be excluded out of <\/span>and deemed no part of the <\/span>said rules<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Source: Rules and Orders on the Plea Side of the Court of King’s Bench<\/a>, 1795.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Declaring the extent of the Rules of the King\u2019s Bench Prison, 1795. Easter Term. 35 Geo. III. 1795. Upon reading a petition signed by several of the prisoners confined for debt in the King’s Bench prison; and upon hearing the report of the coroner and attorney of this court respecting the said prison and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":450,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2068","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2R9Se-xm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2068\/revisions\/2069"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alsatia.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}