This article examines the London compters in the early modern period. It reconstructs the layout, personnel and conditions of these prisons, as well as analysing the various reasons why people were imprisoned therein. It argues that the introduction of ‘Compter Ordinances’ in 1547 and the foundation of a new compter in Wood St. in 1555 were part of a raft of measures introduced by the city elites to tighten their control over municipal institutions in the mid-Tudor period.

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早期现代伦敦的家禽街和伍德街的计算机

本文考察了近代早期的伦敦计算机。它重构了这些监狱的布局、人员和条件，并分析了人们被关押在其中的各种原因。它认为，1547 年引入的“计算机条例”和 1555 年在伍德街建立新的计算机是都铎时期城市精英为加强对市政机构的控制而采取的一系列措施的一部分.