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court, situated in the rue des Pretres-SaintGermain-l'Auxerrois, and the other, that of the ecclesiastical court, in the episcopal pal ace. The former was kept up until 1674, the period when the temporal jurisdiction was united to the Chatelet : the second sub sisted as long as the episcopal tribunal. The prison of the For l'Eveque had dun geons and oubliettes. Upon the insurrection of the Maillotins, in 1382, the insurgents proceeded to the For l'Eveque, and set at liberty Hugues Aubriot, who was condemned to imprisonment in the oubliettes for heresy. The prison of the episcopal court had also oubliettes. In letters of the year 1374, cited byDom Carpentier in his "Glossary," we find that several prisoners were confined in the oubliettes of the prison of the bishop of Bayeux, and died in them. Pr1son de Sa1nt Elo1. This prison, situate in an ancient building called Grange-Saint-filoi, near the church of St. Paul, figured at the time of the mas sacres of June 12, 1 41 8. It continued a prison till the reign of Napoleon, by whose decree it was suppressed. Pr1son du Grand Chatelet. This prison was connected with the tribu nal of the Grand Chatelet, and formed part of the building in which the sittings of that court were held. It was divided, according to Sauval, into eight parts or separate prisons, under the following names : le Berceau, le Paradis, la Grieche, la Gourdaine, le Puits, les Chaines, la Boucherie, and les Oubliettes. In an ordinance issued in May, 1425, by Henry VI, king of England and France, the prisons of the Chatelet are said to have been sixteen. Ten of them were less horrible than the rest, because the prisoners paid two tieuiers per diem, besides four deniers for each of the beds. Their names were : les Chaines, Beauvoir, la Motte, la Salle, les

Boucheries, Beaumont, la Grieche, Beauvais, Barbaree and Gloriette. In la Fosse, le Puits, la Gourdaine, le Berceuil or cradle, les Oubliettes, and Entredeux Huis (doors), the prisoners only paid one denier per diem. The gaol-fees to be paid on the entrance and departure of prisoners were regulated by an ordinance, according to their rank, as follows : — A count or countess A knight banneret, or his lady. . A knight, or lady An esquire, or noble demoiselle. . A Lombard, male or female ... A Jew, or Jewess All other persons

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In the accompts of the prevbtke of Paris there is this article : " Brass pulley for the use of the Prison de la Fosse at the Chatelet." It appears that the prisoners were lowered into the dungeon named la Fosse, by an opening contrived in the vault, in the same manner as a bucket descends into a welk Perhaps Ms fosse was the same that was called Chauss£e d'Hypocras, where the prisoners' feet were in water, and they could neither stand upright nor lie down. Its form must have been that of an inverted cone. In general, the prisoners confined here died after a fortnight's detention. This prison was demolished in 1802, with the other buildings of the Chatelet. There was. also the Prison du Petit Chate let, which formed part of a building at the southern extremity of the Petit Pont and like that of the Grand Chatelet, was divided into several parts, or separate prisons. By letters-patent of December 24, 1398, Charles VI ordained that these prisons should be annexed to those of the Grand Chatelet, which were too full. The prisons of the Petit Chatelet, which had never been used, were examined, and found sufficiently secure and airy, except three dungeons or ehartres basses, where the prisoners could not survive long, for want of air.