musician disinherited by his wealthy family, in the Rules of King's Bench Prison in London. The part played by the prison in the life of the time is described by William Russell in his 1858 work “The Recollections of a Policeman”. From Chapter XIV, ‘The Martyrs of Chancery’: Notable inmates Maria Barrell (poet and playwright; imprisoned for debt in the 1780s) Richard Baxter Cesare Bossi, composer Thomas Brown Marc Isambard Brunel (engineer; imprisoned 1821 for debt) Charles Clerke (officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on all three voyages of exploration with Captain James Cook) Claude de la Colombière William Combe Edmund Curll Alexander Davison (imprisoned 1804 for fraud) Nathaniel Eaton (schoolmaster of Harvard College, clergyman; imprisoned for debt, died there 1674) Edmund John Eyre John Galt (imprisoned c. 1829) Robert Gouger Emma, Lady Hamilton Thomas Curson Hansard (imprisoned on 9 July 1810 for libel) Thomas Hawkes (MP for Dudley; imprisoned 1857 for debt) Benjamin Haydon Henry Hetherington Alexander Holborne William Hone Jeremiah Lear (stockbroker, father of Edward Lear; imprisoned c. 1816 for bankruptcy) Frederick John Manning (coroner of the Verge 1836–1853; imprisoned 1853–1855 for debt) Daniel Mendoza (champion boxer of England) John Pell John Penry (martyr, briefly incarcerated before his execution in 1593) Moses Pitt (publisher noted for publishing The Cry of the Oppressed, a moving appeal on behalf of himself and all prisoners for debt across the nation) Edward Henry Purcell (grandson of Henry Purcell, organist, printer, music publisher; imprisoned 1761 for debt) Mary Robinson (poet; imprisoned 1775 with husband for his debts) Robert Recorde (mathematician; imprisoned for debt, died there 1558) John Rushworth Richard Ryan (poet, playwright, biographer; imprisoned March 1835 for debt) John Shebbeare (satirist) for libel Christopher Smart Charlotte Turner Smith (poet; imprisoned 1784 with her husband Benjamin for his debts) William Smith (geologist; imprisoned for debt, released 1819) Andrew Robinson Stoney (MP for Newcastle upon Tyne, High Sheriff of Durham; imprisoned for conspiracy to abduct his wife, died there 1810) John Horne Tooke Samuel Vetch (1st Governor of Nova Scotia; imprisoned for debt, died there 1732) John Wilkes See also Marshalsea References Year of establishment unknown 1880 disestablishments in England Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark History of the London Borough of Southwark Defunct prisons in London Debtors' prisons Demolished prisons Court of King's Bench (England)