The gaol keeper or warder of the prisons.
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TITLE XIII.
Of the Prisons, Clerk of the gaols,
Gaol keepers & Wicket Guards.
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ARTICLE VI.
THE Clerks of the gaols, where there are some, or Gaol keepers & Warders,
will be required to have a register, that is bound, marked & with the
Judge’s paraph on all sheets, separated into two columns for arrests &
recommendations, & for liberations & acquittals.
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ARTICLE XIV.
WE forbid all Gaol keepers, Clerks & Wicket guards, & the oldest
prisoner called the Dean or Provost, under pretext
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of welcome to take whatsoever from prisoners in moneys or provisions, even
if voluntarily offered; nor to conceal their clothes, or to mistreat them
or use excess, on pain of exemplary punishment.
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ARTICLE XIX.
WE forbid Gaol keepers to allow prisoners for debt or for crime to roam,
on pain of the galleys; nor to place them in solitary confinement, or put
their feet in shackles, if not so ordered in a mandate signed by the Judge;
on pain of exemplary punishment.
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ARTICLE XXV.
PRISONERS for crime cannot lay claim to sustenance from the accusing party; & they will be provided by the Gaol keeper, with bread, water & straw, in good condition, according to the Regulations.
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ARTICLE XXVII.
GAOL KEEPERS will not be permitted to sell meat to the prisoners on days forbidden by the Church, nor allow that it be brought in from the outside [...]
Source: Louis XIV, "The gaol keeper or warden of the prisons, in l'Ordonnance ... pour les matières criminelles ," (: , 1670).