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'In the first half of the 18th Century, it was estimated that around 20% of weddings were clandestine. The most popular setting was the Fleet debtors' prison - of all places - and later the prison environs; ceremonies were conducted by clergymen who were already in jail, thus could not be threatened with imprisonment, and who turned a deeply irreligious blind eye to pregnancy, coercion, incest and bigamy.'