Compter
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title:
Compter
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A compter, sometimes referred to as a counter, was a type of small English prison controlled by a sheriff. The inmates were usually civil prisoners, for example dissenters and debtors. Examples of compters include London's Wood Street Compter, Poultry Compter, Giltspur Street Compter and Borough Compter and the lock-up over the Abbey Gateway, next to St Laurence's church, in Reading, Berkshire. The Compter's Commonwealth (1617), by William Fennor, was a work written from the author's experience
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Type of small English prison
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compter
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2024-01-03T05:12:46Z
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