An account of the rise, progress, and present state, of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Wales / By James Neild.

Neild, James, 1744-1814.

Date:: 1802

Credit: An account of the rise, progress, and present state, of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Wales / By James Neild. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$LANCASTER CASTLE. Gaoler, John Hlggin ; Salary, 400/. out of which lie pays the turnkeys. Fees. None. t Garnish. None. Chaplain, Rev. John Woodrow. Duty, Sunday, Wednesday, and. Friday. Salary, 50/. Surgeon, Mr. Baxendale ; Salary, 10I. and allowed for Medicines. Number of Debtors (*1800, April 7, \ 1802, Feb. 6, . . 99 Allowance. One shilling per week, and ten pounds of potatoes each. REMARKS. The debtors have a very spacious court-vard; and a large arcade on the West side of the prison, for exercise in wet weather; over it are 6 day-rooms 14 feet 9 by 12 feet 3, and 4. day-rooms 20 feet 9 by 12 feet 3. In a wing adjoining, are 3 rooms, 20 feet byr 14. In ' the Well Tower there are four spacious rooms about 25 feet$