Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . MarshalseaPrison on the eastern side of the Burrough (sic) ofSouthwark, was first intended for determining causes Southwark.] BISHOP BONNER IN THE MARSHALSEA. 73 or differences among the kings menial servants,held under the Knight Marshal, whose steward isjudge of this court, and whereunto also belong fourcouncil (sic) and six attorneys. Here follow thenames of these ten privileged gentlemen, with anote to the effect that none except members ofCliffords Inn may practise in this court. In 1774we find the Marshalsea de
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . MarshalseaPrison on the eastern side of the Burrough (sic) ofSouthwark, was first intended for determining causes Southwark.] BISHOP BONNER IN THE MARSHALSEA. 73 or differences among the kings menial servants,held under the Knight Marshal, whose steward isjudge of this court, and whereunto also belong fourcouncil (sic) and six attorneys. Here follow thenames of these ten privileged gentlemen, with anote to the effect that none except members ofCliffords Inn may practise in this court. In 1774we find the Marshalsea described as the countygaol for felons and the Admiralty gaol for pirates. stated above) a prisoner in the Marshalsea, wherehe had been ordered to be confined. He hadbeen previously imprisoned there during the reignof Edward VI. He was buried, as we have alreadyseen, in St. Georges Church, hard by. Another anecdote is told of Bishop Bonner,says Charles Knight, in his London, at theperiod of his committal to the Marshalsea, whichis worth repeating here, as it shows his temper. the old tabard inn. (From a Sketch taken shortly before its demolition.) We have no exact record of the first establish-ment of the Marshalsea prison, but we find itcasually mentioned in an account of a mob riot in1377. A sailor belonging to the fleet commandedby the Duke of Lancaster, Lord High Admiral,was killed by a man of gentle blood, who wasimprisoned in the Marshalsea; but it being sup-posed by the sailors that powerful friends were atwork to obtain his pardon, a number of sailorsbroke into the prison, murdered the offender, andthen hanged his body on the gallows, returningafterwards to their ships with trumpets years afterwards, Wat Tylers followers seizedand murdered the marshal of the prison. BishopBonner, the last Roman Catholic Bishop of London,having been deposed by Queen Elizabeth, died (as247 in a more favourable light than that which thevoice of the public ascribes to him. On hi
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