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Background
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846.
Sir Maurice Denys (1516â1563) of Siston Court, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, and of St John's Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, was an English lawyer and property speculator during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, at which time he served as a "powerful figure at the Court of Augmentations".
Sir Richard Strode (25 June 1584 â 9 October 1669) of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon and of Chalmington in Dorset, was a member of the Devonshire gentry who served as MP for Bere Alston in 1604, Bridport in 1626 and for Plympton Erle in 1640.
Sir Watkin Lewes (c.â1740 â 13 July 1821) was a Welsh merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1780.
Lewes was the second son of Reverend Watkin Lewes, of Pen-y-Benglog, Melinau, and Ann Williams, of Treamlod (Ambleston), Pembrokeshire.
William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 â 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country.
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