From Rothwell-Gaol in York∣shire.
SIR,
WIlliam Hall being a Prisoner in the low Goal, with above Twenty more poor Prisoners, in the Year 1688; Samuel Brogden the Gaoler Lock'd up the said poor Prisoners, all in a close Hole, and nothing to
The cry of the oppressed being a true and tragical account of the unparallel'd sufferings of multitudes of poor imprisoned debtors in most of the gaols in England ... together with the case of the publisher.
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- The cry of the oppressed being a true and tragical account of the unparallel'd sufferings of multitudes of poor imprisoned debtors in most of the gaols in England ... together with the case of the publisher.
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- Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696.
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- 1691.
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Lodg on but Straw, and not suffered to Ease themselves at the convenient place appointed, but when the said Gaoler pleaseth, nor any Wa∣ter for the poor Prisoners to Drink, but when the Goaler pleaseth, there being no other Al∣lowance to the said Prison; nor will the Gao∣ler suffer the Window-Shuts to be set open, that the Air might refresh the poor Prisoners, who were in the Summer-time swelter'd with Heat, being so Lock'd up in Ten Yards square; and that the Gaoler doth Beat and Bruise the poor Prisoners in a most Cruel and Bloody manner, and especially the said William Hall, and did deny Three several Habeas Corpus, to the great damage of the said William Hall, and at last did force the said Hall to pay him Three Pounds, pretending for his Fees for the low Gaol, where no Fees are due; also poor Prisoners are forced to pay Four Pence for a Pint and half of Ale. Charles Thompson a Prisoner inform'd William Hall, that Samuel Brogden the Gaoler charged him with Forty Five Pounds for Meat, Drink, and Lodging, in Eighteen Weeks time; and William Hall saw the said Gaoler, and his Man, Beat the said Charles Thompson, and forced him to put his Hand to a Deed of Sale of his Estate to the said Gaoler, for the said Forty Five Pounds, and gave him the said Charles Eight Weeks time to redeem it; but before Five Weeks was expired, the Gaoler sold the said Estate to Mr. Boynton for near a Hundred Pounds, and the Gaoler will not allow the said Charles any
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of the Money, nor will not come to any Ac∣count with him for the same. All which I am ready to depose, Witness William Hall, Tho∣mas Richmond, Thomas Clemance, Anthony Stagg, &c.
Novemb. the 18th, 1690.