The Marshalsea

Marshalsea was a debtor's prison in Southwark, London best known for being the place where Charles Dickens's father was imprisoned for debt and as the central location in Dickens's book Little Dorrit. Image File history File links Marshalsea. ... Image File history File links Marshalsea. ... A debtors prison is a prison for people unable to pay a debt to another. ... The Borough or Southwark is an area of the London Borough of Southwark situated 1. ... This article is about the British city. ... Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. ...

Originally the prison of the Marshalsea Court, it is not known when the original prison was built but it must have been before 1381 as it is known that it was attacked during the Peasants' Revolt. In the 18th century, the prison was in disrepair and was demolished to be rebuilt nearby. It was eventually permanently demolished in 1849. The Marshalsea Court (or Court of the Marshalsea) was a court associated with the Royal Household in England. ... Events June 12 - Peasants Revolt: In England rebels arrive at Blackheath. ... The end of the revolt: Wat Tyler killed by Walworth while Richard II watches, and a second image of Richard addressing the crowd The Peasants Revolt, Tyler’s Rebellion or Great Rising of 1381 was one of a number of popular revolts in late medieval Europe and is a major... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Marshalsea Inmates

• Edmund Bonner
• Henry Chettle
• Richard Cox
• John Dickens - Father of Charles Dickens
• John Eliot
• Nicholas Grimald
• Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
• Ben Jonson
• George Morland
• John Selden
• Ralph Sherwin
• Robert Wingfield
• George Wither

Edmund Boner (1500?- 5th September, 1569), Bishop of London, was an English bishop. ... Henry Chettle (1564?-1607?) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer of the Elizabethan era. ... Richard Cox (c. ... Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Sir John Eliot (April 11, 1592 - November 27, 1632), English statesman, son of Richard Eliot (1546 - June 22, 1609) and Bridget Carswell (c. ... Nicholas Grimald (or Grimoald) (1519-1562), English poet, was born in Huntingdonshire, the son probably of Giovanni Baptista Grimaldi, who had been a clerk in the service of Empson and Dudley in the reign of Henry VII. He was educated at Christs College, Cambridge, where he took his B... Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles (October 31, 1599 - February 17, 1680) was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642. ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... George Morland (1763-1804) was an English painter of animals and rustic scenes. ... John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar. ... St Ralph Sherwin (1550–1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and saint. ... Sir Robert Wingfield of Lethringham (1403-1454) in Lethringham, England was a son of a senior Sir Robert Wingfield (c. ... George Wither (June 11, 1588 – May 2, 1667) was an English poet and satirist. ...

External links

• Marshalsea Prison
• Article on the remains of Marshalsea