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Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« on: Thursday 30 October 14 15:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi, Everyone,
Can anyone tell me whether there is any kind of searchable database for prisoners incarcerated in The Tower of London, let's say back to the 18thC.  I need to dispel or confirm what might be an apocryphal family story!
Keith

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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 30 October 14 16:05 GMT (UK) »
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Sherry-Paddington & Marylebone,
Longhurst-Ealing & Capel, Abinger, Ewhurst & Ockley,
Chandler-Chelsea

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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 30 October 14 16:17 GMT (UK) »
Hi again, Dawn!
Gosh, that's quite an imposing document to read and respond to...
And I imagine there's quite a hefty search fee.
Many thanks, Keith

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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 31 October 14 16:02 GMT (UK) »
There is apparently a work by a Brian A. Harrison (a former Yeoman Warder):
The Tower of London Prisoner Book: A Complete Chronology of the Persons Known to Have Been Detained at Their Majesties' Pleasure, 1100-1941

I don't know where you are, but here (Worldcat) is a list of libraries in the UK which have a copy.  One near you, fingers crossed!
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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 31 October 14 20:21 GMT (UK) »
Hi again, Jorose!
Thanks very much for that very interestiong piece of information.  I'll have a look in my local library to see if they might have a copy of this book, though I imagine it's quite rare…
Keith

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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 01 November 14 16:44 GMT (UK) »
It seems like it's only in a few (mostly big libraries - British Library, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, etc).  Still, might be easier than getting to the Tower archive themselves.
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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 01 November 14 17:21 GMT (UK) »
You should be able to order a copy through the inter-library loan system

Steve
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Re: Is there some kind of comprehensive list of prisoners in The Tower of London?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 01 November 14 18:32 GMT (UK) »
Jorose (again!), and Old Bristolian,
Thanks very much for the further encouragement…the University of Cambridge Library is about three miles away from where I live, and I have used it in the past - though, to be perfectly honest, they're a bit sniffy if you're not a student of some kind connected with the University.  But my daughter now has a ticket, so I shall twist her arm to go along there with her old man, and see whether I can order it up from the inner recesses…
Keith
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