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That the Act of Parliament doth likewise ordain that a Table of Fees and just dues, shall be hung up in the most
Publick place of each prison, but for want there of the Goalers have extorted dayly exorbitant Fees contrary to Law and
Justice. By the said Act it is provided that all Prisoners in Generall shall have liberty to bring in Victuals bedding &
other necessary's without being hundred, prolong'd or paying for the Same, nevertheless we have Suffer'd the contrary there
being no proper person or Turnkey attending constantly the Prison Door as at other Prisons and when Bedding or
other necessary comes to us they the Turnkey's exact one Shilling for each parcell, notwithstanding they are sometimes
detained an hour at the Grate before they can be admitted in and Severall Charitable People does go way as well as our
friends and relations art kent giveing anything for want of such admittance by which we are great Sufferrers and in a Starreing
condition. The said Act does expressly for bed the lodging or placeing of Fellows and honest Debtors in one Room to gust
notwithstanding it is here pracksed by which means the honest Debtor is frequently abused and ill treated (as has happen'd
of late) and their principles corrupted by the lewd sevearing and declarations of the most Vite practices in which they boast
and glory in, Therefore we pray that a Turnkey may be constantly posted at the Door to give speedy admittance, to our
friends Creditors and Attornys as is practised at the Prisons of the Fleet Kings Bench and all others in this City

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Wee do most humbly acquaint your Lordsps. that there has been allwayes a place call'd the None Hall for the use of the Debtors to
take the air in, but of late the Felons have the greatest priviledge and are employed by the Name of Partners armed with Butts
Cizles to drive out the Debtors, contrary to all ancient custom till now introduced by Mr Perry, who declares he loves a Felon
better than a Debtor and impowers the said Cartners to extart from each Debtor at his entrance Halfa Crown and upon non pay
ment by reason of the Debtors poverty is stript of his wearing apparett or other wayes tormented, from which grievances we hope to
be relieved.

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Wee likewise humbly represent that when a Debtor dyes (tho often starved to death) the Keepers and Partners take away all
his Cloaths and necessarys from the Prisoner who attended him in his Sickness and even from his friends wch discourages any body from
assisting or supplying him with a part of what little they have neither will the Goalers allow them Water Gract tho there is a Provision
made as we are informed of Forty Pounds pannum for that purpose But as soon as the unhappy Prisoner is dead, he or she is stript
naked and carry'd up into the upper Hall exposed to the decision of lewd Felons, soon after a number of men are sent up to view the
Corps by the name of the Coronors Jury who doth not allow Prischers to be there or to be of the Jury to inform them whither the deceased
dyed by famine, was murdered or whither it was by Gods visitation, but in course they report that he dyed of the Goal Distemper, tho never
so falsed, the Coroner never seeing or swearing the Fury Super vision corpus, as the Law dircets, When this is over the dead Body is either
sold to Surgeons or put into a thing they call the Hog trough, necked, sometimes men and women together, and carryed away and thrown
into a Hole for that purpose, without a Coffin or any manner of Christian burial and when any friend or poor Relation would bestore a
Coffin or buriall on the Corps they Shall not be admitted with out paying all the Fees, which is most barbarous in a Christian country and
meritts your Lordships redross.

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That the under Goalers do frequently beat the Debtors and at their pleasure do confine them in stinking wet Dungeons for severall
severall Dayes and nights together loaded with Irons, which causes them to get great colds and other Distempers and often dye of the Same

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That the Debtors have for full two months past been hinderd from going to Chappell to serve God, the Keepers at the same time
made a Show of the condemn'd Prisoners in the Chappell by wch they raise great sames of mony, and the they deprive the Prisoners from
going there, they allso hinder their friends from comeing to them to thing them Subsistance and relief and as sunday to the only Day that
poor Prisoners friends can come to see them the Doors are not open above four hours in the Twenty four, and on the Week days the Door is
kept lock't till near nine in the morning and Sheet up at fives in the afternoon and noon admitted to go in or out again till nine at night without
paying extravagantly for the same, wch difficultyes of giving in and [..] ing out, discourage people of any business from comeing next us poor
miserable Prisoners.

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That Prisoners of all kinds are allowed by the Sheriff a Leaf a day, not with standing which if a Poor Prisoner comes in on a Tuesday
the Keeper allow him no bread all munday following, but wrong him of the same.

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That notwithstanding there is a great many Prisoners now on the Debters side they crow'd all the men into two Wards when at the same time
they keep some of the best Room empty and lockt up.