Dickens was placed in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison, along with his wife and his children, with the exception of his 12-year-old son, who was put to work in a factory. The family stayed in ...

How did Dickens' own life experiences influence his work? Why is the Marshalsea prison the focal point of Little Dorrit? Dickens is a name synonymous with the cold, winding, dark streets of ...

Leg of Mutton Stuffed with Oysters Young John Chivery, son of the Marshalsea Turnkeeper, is rewarded for running "mysterious missions" with a banquet, for which Miss Rugg "with her own hands ...

John is Assistant Turnkey of the Marshalsea Prison, where his father, Mr Chivery, has been Head Turnkey for many years. John takes everything extremely seriously, but especially his passionate and ...

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"There she is, the epitome of neatness, in the squalid atmosphere of the Marshalsea prison making order and making her father comfortable and sweeping and cleaning and tidying all the time," said ...

Deprived of all his appointments in 1553 for his part in the Lady Jane Grey affair he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea but released on house arrest on 19th August. He then escaped to the continent ...