Vid. Minutes 99

[mark] And in as Follow val to pa 19th. This Gate hath of
Long time been a Gaol a Prison for felons &
Trespassers as Appeareth by records in the
reign of K. John & of other Kings amongst the which
I find one testifying that in the year 1218. the 3d. of K
K. the 3 The King Writeth unto the Sheriff of
London Comanding them to repair the Gaol of New
gate for the safe Keeps. of his prisrs. promising that
the Charges layd out shod. be allowed unto them upon
them Account in the Exthept and Vol 1 page 10.

Page 10-(3)

[mark] It Appears likewise from several antient Orders of the Court of Lord Mayer Alderman
produced before this Comittee that the Keeps of the Gaol
havehathbeen constantly Admitted by the Court

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butthere Convicted Remain till Executed or Transported
That Felons Convicted remain at least 2 months &
if discharged not above 10 days and that the Numbers
discharged are Superior to those Convicted Then the
Council for the said Petr. Proposed to prove the Antiquity
of the said Gaol of Newgate which being Admitted by the
Council of the City on the other side They then
Proceeded to Prove that the said Gaol has been under the
Government of the City for time immemorial and
Produced a printed Book intitled Hrypes Constructn
of Hour Survey of London from which several
Extracts were read and are hereto annexed Nw.

2. And they also Produced a Book Printed in
the Year 1531 intitled The Register of Original Writs and
the Writ intitled Commission ad Capiendum
impugnatores Jurium Regis Etc. et Addn Undum
ad Goal an do Newgate" which was read
a Copy of which is also hereto annexed No 3
Then Part of an Entry in the Book of Sessions
Public Orders and Transactions of the Justices