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INVITATION TO A FUNERAL

a tale of Restoration intrigue by

Molly Brown



Alsatia

The area behind the Savoy prison, between the Strand and the river, was known as Alsatia. Alsatia became a notorious thieves' sanctuary where rogues could gather unhindered by the law.

Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, writing to Charles II in 1673 about the increase in robberies:

Types of rogue:

The lament of a wench who has lost her rogue to the hangman, from Life in the Reign of Charles II by David Ogg: