The Mint in Southwark Act 1722

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The Mint in Southwark Act 1722 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (statute number 9 Geo. I c. 28). It was passed to remove certain legal privileges of The Mint, a location in Southwark which had become the haunt of debtors, and to allow the Sheriff of Surrey to enter and remove them.

[edit] See also

• Escape of Debtors, etc. Act 1696

[edit] References

• 'Book 1, Ch. 19: George I', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 306-25. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46736. Date accessed: 20 November 2006.