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Paul Lorrain

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Paul Lorrain (died 7 October 1719) was, for twenty-two years, the secretary, translator, and copyist for Samuel Pepys, and became well known as the Ordinary (chaplain) of Newgate Prison by standardising the publication of the gallows confessions of condemned prisoners. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alexander Pope, British Museum, Broadsheet, Church of England, Court of Aldermen, Daniel Defoe, Deborah Churchill, Dictionary of National Biography, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Huguenots, Jack Hall (thief), Jonathan Swift, Lord Mayor of London, Newgate Prison, Ordinary (church officer), Ordinary of Newgate's Account, Presbyter, Richard Steele, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Samuel Pepys, Thomas Abney, William Kidd.

  2. Copyists
  3. Prison chaplains

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Broadsheet

A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Court of Aldermen

The Court of Aldermen forms part of the senior governance of the City of London Corporation.

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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.

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Deborah Churchill

Deborah Churchill (1677–1708) was a British pickpocket and prostitute executed for being an accomplice to murder in 1708.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751) was an English politician, government official and political philosopher.

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Huguenots

The Huguenots were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism.

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Jack Hall (thief)

Jack Hall (around 1673/7 – 17 December 1707) was an English thief.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Newgate Prison

Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall.

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Ordinary (church officer)

An ordinary (from Latin ordinarius) is an officer of a church or civic authority who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute laws.

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Ordinary of Newgate's Account

The Ordinary of Newgate's Account was a sister publication of the Old Bailey's Proceedings, regularly published from 1676 to 1772 and containing biographies and last dying speeches of the prisoners executed at Tyburn during that period. Paul Lorrain and Ordinary of Newgate's Account are prison writings.

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Presbyter

Presbyter is an honorific title for Christian clergy.

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Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele (– 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was an English statesman and peer of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods.

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator.

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Thomas Abney

Sir Thomas Abney (January 1640 – 6 February 1722) was an English merchant and banker who served as Lord Mayor of London for the year 1700 to 1701.

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William Kidd

William Kidd (– 23 May 1701), also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer.

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See also

Copyists

Prison chaplains

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lorrain

Also known as Lorrain, Paul.