Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.
Fleet Prison
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth and Poverty | Leah Sumbel | After the break-up of her second marriage LS
lived for about eighteen months at Hammersmith with her sister and brother-in-law, who were back from the West Indies. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Jane Squire | Having failed to recover a lost investment through the law courts, JS
was arrested for debt and committed to London's Fleet Prison
. It seems that she owed £3,400 to people named Bower (or... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Jane Squire | JS
was released from the Fleet Prison
following the passage through parliament of an Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Robinson | MR
's husband
was arrested for debt (some of which predated his marriage); she accompanied him to the Fleet Prison
, and did not leave it for almost ten months. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen, 1994. xi Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen, 1994. 79 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Eliza Fenwick | EF
's husband
, many times threatened with arrest for debt, went bankrupt and was confined in the Fleet Prison
. Grundy, Isobel, and Eliza Fenwick. “Introduction and Appendices”. Secresy, 2nd ed., Broadview, 1998, pp. 7 - 34, 361. 13 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Sarah Gooch | Despite her efforts on the provincial stage, she was re-arrested for debt and sent first to the Marshalsea
and then to the Fleet Prison
in London. Major, Joanne, and Sarah Murden. “Elizabeth Sarah Villa-Real—Mrs Gooch”. All Things Georgian, 1 May 2014. Gooch, Elizabeth Sarah. An Appeal to the Public. G. Kearsley, 1788. 66 |
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