Note 1 — Chapter I · THE FLEET PRISON
Reading edition
A “fleet” in early English meant a “brook,” otherwise a “creek” or “bay,” a term often met with in British geography in the names Northfleet, Byfleet, Purfleet, etc.
Reading edition
A “fleet” in early English meant a “brook,” otherwise a “creek” or “bay,” a term often met with in British geography in the names Northfleet, Byfleet, Purfleet, etc.