Life in the Time of the Tudors: London’s Prisons
“It is enough to know, too much to see,
That in the Counter there is room for thee”
William Fennor, The Counter’s Commonwealth
On September 22nd, 1598, two men wandered out into the damp fields of Hoxton, north of London. On that muddy ground, they drew swords – at least one of which was “a certain sword of iron and steel called a rapier, of the price of three shillings” and fought. At the end of the affray, one man lay dead, suffering “a mor...
That in the Counter there is room for thee”
William Fennor, The Counter’s Commonwealth
On September 22nd, 1598, two men wandered out into the damp fields of Hoxton, north of London. On that muddy ground, they drew swords – at least one of which was “a certain sword of iron and steel called a rapier, of the price of three shillings” and fought. At the end of the affray, one man lay dead, suffering “a mor...
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