The Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison

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April 20, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Southwark Cathedral, London, SE1 9DA

Lecture by Professor Jerry White, at Southwark Cathedral For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison. The Marshalsea became a byword for misery; in the … Continue reading The Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison