Fleet Marriages
A minister takes money from a couple in the Liberty of the Fleet (the area around the Fleet Prison) - a notorious venue for clandestine marriages. The ministers who conducted such marriages were often debtors confined to the Fleet
Picture No
10512990
Media ID
47555025
Size
3465px x 4590px
(6.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
19th century engraving
Date
Early 18th century
