Dover “New Gaol ”
by
Sir Thomas MANTELL, Mayor of Dover
Dover “New Gaol” - foundation stone was laid on 8 Sept 1820
by
Sir Thomas MANTELL, Mayor of Dover
Ralph WATSON of Dover, sawyer, indicted for seditious words. On 26 April 1584 at Dover he publicly said : “This is a very evill land to lyve in except yt be for a man that hath a very good occupacon. I wold yt were warre. I know a great many richemen in the land; I wold have some of ther money yf yt were so come to passe. I knowe a thowsand, yea and a thowsand that wold yt were come to passe so the Queene were dead. There is a towne between England and Scotland ther is in yt 200 horsemen and 400 footmen, had the Scotts gotten the towne they wold overcome the whole realme for that is the key from thence onto England. Were the Queene dead the Flemissh and the French men and Dutch men and all the whole heape on the other side wold come upon this land, and the Towne of Dover is able to howld 200 men ”.
Guilty: to be whipped and pilloried in market-time for 3 hours.
In the pillory (from an old print)