# House of Mercy

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{{Short description|Former clerical institution in the United Kingdom}}
{{other|House of Mercy (disambiguation)}}
'''Houses of Mercy''' were [Anglican](/source/Anglican) institutions that operated from the mid-19th century<ref>''ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, of MERCY, Bedminster.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1868; pg. 6; Issue 26215</ref> to the mid-20th.<ref>''Ecclesiastical News. House of Mercy, Horbury'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 20, 1943; pg. 6; Issue 49602</ref> They were to house "[fallen women](/source/Fallen_woman)",<ref>''THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 15, 1877; pg. 8; Issue 29021</ref>  a term used to imply [female sexual promiscuity](/source/Female_promiscuity) or work in [prostitution](/source/prostitution). Many women entering were unmarried mothers, an unacceptable situation at that time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Steinbach|first=Susie|title=Women in England 1760–1914: A Social History|year=2004|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=1-4039-6754-7|pages=127}}</ref>

==United Kingdom==

===England===
* [Bristol](/source/Bedminster%2C_Bristol): This home<ref>''ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, of MERCY, Bedminster.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Friday, Aug 28, 1868; pg. 6; Issue 26215</ref> was in Ashley Road, [Bedminster](/source/Bedminster%2C_Bristol).<ref>'A Bristol Miscellany', Patrick McGrath (ed) p200: [Bristol](/source/Bristol), [Bristol Record Society](/source/Bristol_Record_Society), 1985 {{ISBNT|((090153866X))}}.<!-- Invalid ISBN seems to have been printed in the book--></ref>
* [Stroud](/source/Stroud): The home was in the village of [Bussage](/source/Bussage).<ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Friday, Apr 29, 1898; pg. 8; Issue 35503</ref>
* [Chester](/source/Chester): The home was in Lache lane.<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/7ec3be44-e5db-4cd6-9b54-4b8bc8d8da44 National Archives]</ref>
* [Clewer](/source/Clewer): The [Clewer House of Mercy](/source/Clewer_House_of_Mercy) was at Clewer near [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Berkshire) in the county of [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire).<ref>[http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/this-months-highlight/2012-archive/october-2012-good-works-clewer/ Berkshire Record Office]</ref><ref>Carter, T. T.; Hutchings, W. H.: ''Life and Letters of Thomas Thellusson Carter: Warden of the House of Mercy''. [London](/source/London): [Longman](/source/Longman), 1904</ref> [William Henry Hutchings](/source/William_Henry_Hutchings) was [Warden](/source/Prison_warden) from 1865 to 1884 when he became rector of [Pickering](/source/Pickering%2C_North_Yorkshire).<ref>''Dr. W. H. Hutchings.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Monday, Jan. 08, 1912; pg. 11; Issue 39789</ref> He was succeeded by [Thomas Thellusson Carter](/source/Thomas_Thellusson_Carter).<ref>Staley, V. (1908) ''The Catholic Religion''. Oxford: A. R. Mowbray & Co.; p. vii (preface written in 1893)</ref>
* [Great Maplestead](/source/Great_Maplestead): This was known as the 'St Alban's House of Mercy'.<ref>''Ecclesiastical News.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 21, 1925; pg. 17; Issue 43941</ref>
* [Horbury](/source/Horbury): This home, founded in 1859,<ref>''Obituary.Canon John Sharp''  [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Thursday, Jun 11, 1903; pg. 10; Issue 37104</ref> was near [Wakefield](/source/Wakefield).<ref>''Public Appointments.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Saturday,  Mar 17, 1923; pg. 3; Issue 43292</ref> The home celebrated its [Golden jubilee](/source/Golden_jubilee) in 1909.<ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Monday, Mar 01, 1909; pg. 4; Issue 38895</ref>
* [London](/source/London): [London Diocesan Penitentiary](/source/London_Diocesan_Penitentiary)
* [Lostwithiel](/source/Lostwithiel): While [chaplain](/source/chaplain) of [Bodmin Jail](/source/Bodmin_Jail), the Rev. W. F. Everest founded a [Cornish](/source/Cornwall) home.<ref>''Obituary William Frederick Everest'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Friday, Sep 28, 1906; pg. 7; Issue 38137</ref>
* [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne): This was in Salters Road, [Gosforth](/source/Gosforth).<ref>David Knight, ‘Gurney, Henry Palin (1847–1904)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33612, accessed 26 Feb 2017]</ref>

===Wales===
* [St Davids](/source/St_Davids): The home was located in the village of [Lamphey](/source/Lamphey).<ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Friday, Nov 27, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 33493</ref>

==South Africa==
* [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town): The home<ref>''The Sisters Of All Saints', Cape Town W. G. CAMERON'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Monday, Oct 14, 1895; pg. 7; Issue 34707</ref> was located in Plein Street<ref>[http://www.leliebloem.org.za/ Leliebloem House]</ref>

==Notable donors==
As an Anglican charity, the homes attracted many notable sponsors, such as
* [Catherine Gladstone](/source/Catherine_Gladstone): She was the wife of four times [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom), [William Ewart Gladstone](/source/William_Ewart_Gladstone).<ref name=Isba>{{cite book|last=Isba|first=Anne|title=Gladstone and Women|year=2006|publisher=Hambledon Continuum|location=London|isbn=1-85285-471-5|pages=102}}</ref>
* [The Hon Pascoe Charles Glyn](/source/Pascoe_Glyn): He was a partner in the banking firm of Messrs Glyn, Mills, Currie & co.<ref>''Wills And Bequests.-The Hon. Pascoe Charles Glyn'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Thursday, Dec 01, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37566</ref>
* Frances Selby Brodrick: She lived at [Eaton Terrace](/source/Eaton_Terrace), SW1.<ref>''Large Gifts For Charitable Institutions'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Saturday, Sep 02, 1911; pg. 9; Issue 39680</ref>
* Fanny Thursby: The widow<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p19430.htm#i194299 thePeerage.com]</ref> of The Rev William Ford Thursby, [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Bergh Apton](/source/Bergh_Apton).<ref>''Wills and bequests'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Thursday, Mar 10, 1910; pg. 13; Issue 39216</ref>

==References==
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Category:Imprisonment and detention
Category:History of women in the United Kingdom
Category:Anglicanism
Category:Christianity and women

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