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  E215/860 account of fees charged by gaoler. This account from 1630 shows the fees charged by Thomas Cooke, the gaoler at the Bridewell House of Correction in Southwark, London. Vagrants did not pay, but this would be reflected in the conditions in which they were kept.
 
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  E215/860 account of fees charged by gaoler