Hi Sheena, This would probably be the place to start http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=075-cla046&cid=4-26#4-26 - expand the Other Records and scroll down to Orders from Insolvent Court to bring debtors before the Court, & Discharges CLA/046/04/026 1830-1842 You could also search online to see if any transcriptions exist. hth, Anne > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:11:32 +0000 > From: sbooth59@btinternet.com > To: Eng-Surrey@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SRY] Croydon Gaol / debtor records > > Hi > I have just discovered from a newspaper report of the Court of Insolvent Debtors, 13 September 1839, Sarah BRIGDEN, formerly of Crawley, Sussex, as a prisoner in the County Gaol for Surrey, Horsemonger Lane. > She was ordered to be 'brought up before the Court and Court House in Portugal Street, Lincolns Inn Fields on Twenty-second day of November next at the hour of Ten in the morning precisely'. > > I'm not sure how to find out more about the result of this court appearance and what happened subsequently to Sarah. Can anyone help? > > I have found a Sarah BRIGDEN, of possibly the correct age in the 1841 census residing at 'Barrack Field', Croydon. I'm wondering if this was in fact a workhouse? > > Many thanks for any help with this > > Sheena > > . > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com > . > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message