| AltRefNo | Ashbridge 720/ROS Acc 1876a |
| Title | Newspaper cutting concerning a Court Officer arresting a sick man and taking him to a sponging house |
| Description | a spounging house was a house kept by a baliff or sheriff's officer for the preliminary confinement of debtors for twenty foir hours before being taken to prison so that their friends could have a chance to clear the debt |
| Date | 1768 |
| Access Status | Open |