Fleet Prison, is situated on the east side of Fleet market, and a little to the south of Fleet lane, and was originally so called from the river Fleet running by it. It is very large, and reckoned the best prison in the city for good rooms, and other conveniences. It has the benefit of an open yard, which is enclosed with a very high wall.
The keeper is called the Warden of the Fleet; and besides his fees from the prisoners for turning the key, for chamber rent, &c. which amount to a considerable sum, he has the rents of the shops in Westminster Hall.
This prison belongs to the court of Common Pleas, and hither persons are committed for contempt of orders, &c. in the high court of Chancery; or upon debt, when by a writ of Habeas Corpus they remove themselves thither from any other prison.
The rules or liberties of the Fleet, are all the north side of Ludgate hill, and the Old Bailey up to Fleet lane; down that lane into the market, and then turning the corner on the left, all the east side along by the Fleet prison to the bottom of Ludgate hill.
Fleet street, 1. From Fleet ditch to Temple Bar.☐ 2. Little George street, Spitalfields.
Fleet Street court, 1. Fleet street.☐ 2. Little George street, Spitalfields.
Flemish court yard, Tower ditch.
Flemish grounds, Tooley street.
Flemish hop gardens, Bedfordbury.
Fletchers, or Arrowmakers, from the French word flèche, an arrow; though arrows have been near three centuries out of use in England, and though this is a company only by prescription and not by charter, they have nevertheless obtained a coat of arms and a livery; are become the thirty-ninth company in the city, and seem in all respects as firmly established, as those incorporated by letters patent.