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MARSHALSEA , a See also:prison formerly existing in See also:Southwark, See also:London. It was attached to the See also:court of that name held by the steward and See also:marshal of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:house (see See also:LORD STEWARD and MARSHAL). The date of its first See also:establishment is unknown, but it existed as See also:early as the reign of See also:Edward III. It was consolidated in 1842 with the See also:queen's See also:bench and the See also:Fleet, and was then described as " a prison for debtors and for persons charged with contempt of Her See also:Majesty's courts of the Marshalsea, the court of the queen's See also:palace of See also:Westminster, and the high court of See also:admiralty, and also for admiralty prisoners under See also:sentence of courts See also:martial." It was abolished in 1849. The Marshalsea Prison is described in See also:Charles See also:Dickens' Little Dorrit.
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