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 121 of 23013th May 1795


Continued Wednesday 13th.. May 1795.

Women Comd. for less
than 14 Days
their Treatmentkept in seperate Cells (if there be room for them) and in all other respects
be washed and employed as the other Prisoners, but not to have the Cloathing
of the House, except by a special order of the weekly Committee.

Workshop to be made
for such Persons as
continue after the
expiration of their
CommitmentsThat a seperate room be appropriated as a Workshop, for such Persons
as the Committee may direct to be continued in the House after the [..]
expiration of their commitment.

Superintendant to Keep
Accot. of Earnings.That the Superintendant do keep an account of their respective earnings
to enable the Committee to judge whether any and what allowances should be
made to them for the same.

Such Persons to
Conform to the Rules &c.That all such Persons be obliged to conform to the hours and other
regulations of the house and not be permitted to go out unless with
the consent of the weekly Committee, the Treasurer or the Chaplain.

To have the Apparel
of the House.That during their probationary stay they be indulged with wearing the
apparel of the House.

Vagrants to be obliged
to work.That all Vagrants committed in order to be passed to their respective
Parishes be obliged to perform as much work as they are able and be
kept seperate from the other Prisoners.

Copies of orders to be
given to officers &c.That a Copy of the above orders be given to the temporary Porter Beadles
Matron and Superintendant

Chaplain to be also
furnished wh. Copy &c.That the Chaplain be also furnished with a Copy of the above regula-
tions and be informed that there is now no impediment to his attending the
Female Prisoners in such manner as may best conduce to their reformation.

Rudd. Ann. a Prisoner
her good Conduct
represented.Ann Rudd< no role > a Female Prisoner of fourteen years of Age who has
been in solitary confinement and behaved with great propriety having showed
great contrition and expressed an earnest desire to be continued for a short
time in the House or until she can obtain some honiest means of livelihood
The Committee ordered that her request be complied with for a time not exceeding
two months and that she be allowed the full amount of her earnings.




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