Talk:Alsatia

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I have completely amended this article since:
 * there was no history or explanation of its name (Google would have helped!);
 * it gave the false impression that this place was simply for debtors (see the article as external link);
 * it was stated that the area was "gentrified" (whatever that may mean in terms of 1670! - and why 1670? surely it took the Act 27 years later to get something done) immediately the privilege was ended. I seem to recall that the whole of the river front was a slum area until well into the 19th century: the building of Charing Cross railway station cleared much of it at the other end of the Strand. If there is some evidence to the contrary, perhaps we might have it?;
 * as the article quoted shows, The Mint was one of those also closed down - so how come the previous statement that it took the place of Alsatia? Peter Shearan 10:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Escape from Prison Act 1697
This sounds like it is likely the Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696. See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46875 See also http://alsatia.org.uk/site/2009/09/the-1697-act-against-pretended-privileged-places/. But was it 1696 or 1697? Is there some off-by-one thing going on here about Acts of Parliament enacted in this era, perhaps to do with the difference between the time the Act was laid before Parliament, and the time it was enacted?

And, if so, could the "1723" act have been The Mint in Southwark Act 1722?-- The Anome (talk) 11:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Whitefriars/Alsatia
Looking at the article on Whitefriars and at and a couple of other texts (including GoogleBooks Punishments of Former Days by Ernest W. Pettifer they are seemingly the same. Clarification perhaps? Jackiespeel (talk) 19:31, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

1723 Act
Does this refer to that described here ? Jackiespeel (talk) 18:11, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

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