The Clink

The Clink changed into a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The jail served the Liberty of the Clink, a local manor location owned with the aid of the Bishop of Winchester rather than by means of the reigning monarch. As the Liberty owner, the Bishop saved all revenues from the Clink Liberty, and could positioned humans in prison for failing to make their payments. As the Bishop, he can also imprison heretics. The Clink prison changed into located subsequent to the Bishop's London-area residence of Winchester Palace. The Clink was probable the oldest men's jail and possibly the oldest girls's jail in England.

It is uncertain whether the prison derived its call from, or bestowed it on, the Liberty that it served. The origins of the name "The Clink" are possibly onomatopoeic, deriving from the sound of placing metal as the prison's doorways were bolted, or the rattling of the chains the prisoners wore. The call has turn out to be slang as a regularly occurring term for prison or a jail mobile. There has been a jail owned by means of the Bishop of Winchester in one form or every other because the 12 months 860, although at that time it might only had been one cellular in a priests' college. By 1076 an archbishop had indexed the forms of punishment allowed: scourging with rods; solitary confinement; and bread and water in silence.