EF
's husband
, many times threatened with arrest for debt, went bankrupt and was confined in the Fleet Prison
.
Grundy, Isobel, and Eliza Fenwick. “Introduction and Appendices”. Secresy, 2nd ed., Broadview, 1998, pp. 7 - 34, 361.
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Elizabeth Sarah Gooch
Despite her efforts on the provincial stage, she was re-arrested for debt and sent first to the Marshalsea
and then to the Fleet Prison
in London.
Major, Joanne, and Sarah Murden. “Elizabeth Sarah Villa-Real—Mrs Gooch”. All Things Georgian, 1 May 2014.
Gooch, Elizabeth Sarah. An Appeal to the Public. G. Kearsley, 1788.
66
This was precipitated in part by her...
Wealth and Poverty
Annie Tinsley
After losing money on her first publication, Annie Turner was arrested for debt—although she was still in her teens, and could not be held legally responsible for her debts till she reached the age of...
Wealth and Poverty
Elizabeth Thomas
ET was arrested in Southwark, and incarcerated in the Fleet Prison
for debt; the warrant was dated the previous month.
Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University, 2000.
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Elizabeth Thomas
A warrant was issued for the release of ET from the Fleet Prison
, where she had languished for debt for a year and a half.
Rebecca Mills
notes that Curll dates the warrant, wrongly, 3 July.
Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University, 2000.
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Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University, 2000.
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Elizabeth Thomas
This was the low point (so far) in Thomas's life. Gwinnett had changed his will less than three weeks before his death, and left her 600 pounds, but his family ensured that it did not...