Fleet Marriages. CHAPTER XXVI. Illegal Marriages--Cost of Marriages--_Peculiars_--Suppression of Irregular Marriages--A Fleet Parson's Reflections--Fleet Parsons--An Heiress Married 327 CHAPTER XXVII. John Gaynam--The Bishop of Hell--Edward Ashwell--John Floud--Walter Wyatt 339 CHAPTER XXVIII. The Lilleys--Fleet Parsons--Parson Keith 351 CHAPTER XXIX. "The Bunter's Wedding"--Fleet Parsons--Exchange of Wives--Singular Marriage--Irregular Marriage 363 CHAPTER XXX. A Runaway Marriage--Fortune's Married--Illegal Marriage--Fleet Marriage Registers--Extracts from Registers--End of Marriages 375 INDEX 386 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE SHEPHERD'S WELL, HAMPSTEAD 22 THE FLEET, KENTISH TOWN 28 VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE FLEET AND HIGHGATE CHURCH, FROM FORTESS TERRACE, KENTISH TOWN, SEPT. 28, 1845 29 THE FLEET AT KENTISH TOWN 30, 31 OLD HOUSE, KENTISH TOWN, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN NELL GWYNNE'S 33 THE FLEET AT KENTISH TOWN--BROWNE'S DAIRY FARM, SEPT. 21, 1833 34 CASTLE, KENTISH TOWN ROAD, 1848 35 THE BRILL 37 BATTLE BRIDGE 40, 41, 42 DUST HEAP AT BATTLE BRIDGE 45 ST. CHAD'S WELL 49 THE WHITE CONDUIT 54, 62 STONE IN THE WHITE CONDUIT 57 WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS (INTERIOR) 64 " " " (EXTERIOR) 65 THE PINDAR OF WAKEFIELD 75 BAGNIGGE HOUSE 82 BAGNIGGE WELLS, NEAR BATTLE BRIDGE, ISLINGTON 85 A VIEW TAKEN FROM THE CENTER BRIDGE IN THE GARDENS OF BAGNIGGE WELLS 88 WAITER FROM THE BREAD AND BUTTER MANUFACTORY; OR, THE HUMOURS OF BAGNIGGE WELLS 89 THE BREAD AND BUTTER MANUFACTORY; OR, THE HUMOURS OF BAGNIGGE WELLS 89 A BAGNIGGE WELLS SCENE; OR, NO RESISTING TEMPTATION 90