Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minute Books of the General Prison Committee
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12th July 1792 - 14th April 1802

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Image 63 of 2309th January 1793



Bridewell
Hospital
At a Prison Committee Wednesday 10th. April 1793.

Mr. Richard Till< no role > Granville Sharp< no role > Esqr .Thomas Nixon< no role > Esqr .
William Waddington< no role > Esqr .

The Minutes of the last Committee were read.

The Memorandums of the Sub Committee were read.

By the Calender of the Prisoners there appeared to be.

8 Men
2 Apprentices
19 Women
4 Children
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Steward to provide
different ArticlesOrdered the Steward to provide the following Articles for the use of the Prisons and
Infirmaries

Four Barrack Bedsteads
Four Dozen of large and small Combs
Two Dozen Brushes
One Chaldron Coals

Superintendant to be
authorized to employ
Prisoners in their Trades.Resolved that the superintendant of the Prisons be authorized to employ such of the
Prisoners as he may think proper in working at their respective Trades to which they
have been accustomed.

Gearing, Mary her
Services Considered.The Committee took into consideration the assistance which Mary Gearing< no role > the wife of the
Superintendant of the Prisons had given for nine Weeks in the Women's Prison during
which time she had exerted herself with great diligence and propriety in promoting
useful industry among the Prisoners; and particularly by teaching them to spin both Wool
and Flax

Resolved that Mary Gearing< no role > be paid seven shillings a Week for nine Weeks as a
compensation for the above services and that she be continued in the same situation till
further orders.

Carter, Jeremiah an
Artsmr. Convicted of
Felony, &

Allam, Thos< no role > . become a
Bankrupt.The Clerk informed the Committee that Jeremiah Carter< no role > late one of the Artsmasters had
been convicted of Felony and ordered for transportation and that Thomas Allam< no role > another
of the Artsmasters had lately become a Bankru pt.




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