Sponging-house
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sponging-house-175-12400764
title:
Sponging-house
text:
A sponging-house
was a place of temporary confinement for debtors in the United Kingdom. If a borrower defaulted on repaying a debt, a creditor could lay a complaint with the sheriff. The sheriff sent his bailiffs or tipstaffs to arrest the debtor and to take him to the local sponging-house. This was not a debtors' prison as such, but a private house, often the bailiff's own home. Debtors would be held there temporarily in the hope that they could make some arrangement with creditors. Anthony Tr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historical UK debtors' prison
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponging-house
date created:
2006-07-15T13:53:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T06:20:25Z
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