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Marshalsea

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Marshalsea [ˈmɑːʃəlˌsiː]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (Law) (formerly in England) a court held before the knight marshal: abolished 1849
2. (Historical Terms) (Law) a prison for debtors and others, situated in Southwark, London: abolished in 1842
[see marshal, -cy]
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Some of my readers may have an interest in being informed whether or no any portions of the Marshalsea Prison are yet standing.
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The condemned felon has as good a yard for air and exercise in Newgate, as the insolvent debtor in the Marshalsea Prison.
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When he was ten years old his father was imprisoned for debt (like Micawber, in the Marshalsea prison), and he was put to work in the cellar of a London shoe-blacking factory.
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