The present state of London: or, Memorials comprehending a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof. By Tho. De-Laune, Gent

The Prisons in London.

OF Ludgate we have spoken in the Section of Gates, page 9. And of Newgate, page 10. The Counter in the Poultry belongs to one of the Sheriffs of London, and has been kept and con∣tinued there time out of mind.

The Counter in Woodstreet belongs also to one of the Sheriffs, prepared to be a Prison-House, Anno 1555. and on the 28th of September that year, the Prisoners that lay in the Counter in Breadstreet were removed to this Counter; Both these Counters were burnt in the Year 1666, but Rebuilt since, much more stately and Commodious than they were be∣fore.

There is also in the late Parish of St. Margaret Southwark a Prison, called the Counter, in South∣wark, &c.

The Fleet is also a Prison, so called of the Fleet or Water running by it, now made Navigable, and called the Fleet-Dike.

There was also in Southwark a Prison, called the Clink, on the Banks-side; also a Prison called the White-Lyon in Southwark, so called, because it

was formerly an Inn with that Sign, this being the appointed Goal for the County of Surry, Stow, p. 455.

There are besides these, two Prisons more in South∣wark, viz. The Kings-Bench, and the Marshalsea; which last belongs to the Marshals of England.

Lastly, there is the Gate-House in Westminster, a Prison likewise for Offenders, &c.