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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<lb></lb>
Publick place of each prison, but for want there of the Goalers have extorted dayly exorbitant Fees contrary to Law and<lb></lb>
Justice. By the said Act it is provided that all Prisoners in Generall shall have liberty to bring in Victuals bedding &<lb></lb>
other necessary's without being hundred, prolong'd or paying for the Same, nevertheless we have Suffer'd the contrary there<lb></lb>
being no proper person or Turnkey attending constantly the Prison Door as at other Prisons and when Bedding or<lb></lb>
other necessary comes to us they the Turnkey's exact one Shilling for each parcell, notwithstanding they are sometimes<lb></lb>
detained an hour at the Grate before they can be admitted in and Severall Charitable People does go way as well as our<lb></lb>
friends and relations art kent giveing anything for want of such admittance by which we are great Sufferrers and in a Starreing<lb></lb>
condition. The said Act does expressly for bed the lodging or placeing of Fellows and honest Debtors in one Room to gust<lb></lb>
notwithstanding it is here pracksed by which means the honest Debtor is frequently abused and ill treated (as has happen'd<lb></lb>
of late) and their principles corrupted by the lewd sevearing and declarations of the most Vite practices in which they boast<lb></lb>
and glory in, Therefore we pray that a Turnkey may be constantly posted at the Door to give speedy admittance, to our<lb></lb>
friends Creditors and Attornys as is practised at the Prisons of the Fleet Kings Bench and all others in this City</p>
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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<lb></lb>
take the air in, but of late the Felons have the greatest priviledge and are employed by the Name of Partners armed with Butts<lb></lb>
Cizles to drive out the Debtors, contrary to all ancient custom till now introduced by Mr Perry, who declares he loves a Felon<lb></lb>
better than a Debtor and impowers the said Cartners to extart from each Debtor at his entrance Halfa Crown and upon non pay<lb></lb>
ment by reason of the Debtors poverty is stript of his wearing apparett or other wayes tormented, from which grievances we hope to<lb></lb>
be relieved.</p>
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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<lb></lb>
his Cloaths and necessarys from the Prisoner who attended him in his Sickness and even from his friends wch discourages any body from<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
sold to Surgeons or put into a thing they call the Hog trough, necked, sometimes men and women together, and carryed away and thrown<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
meritts your Lordships redross.</p>
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That the under Goalers do frequently beat the Debtors and at their pleasure do confine them in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo171">stinking wet Dungeons</rs>
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severall Dayes and nights together loaded with Irons, which causes them to get great colds and other Distempers and often dye of the Same</p>
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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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
paying extravagantly for the same, wch difficultyes of giving in and<obscured></obscured>
ing out, discourage people of any business from comeing next us poor<lb></lb>
miserable Prisoners.</p>
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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<lb></lb>
the Keeper allow him no bread all munday following, but wrong him of the same.</p>
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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<lb></lb>
they keep some of the best Room empty and lockt up.</p>
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