Thanks. This, and the etymology by Turing_Machine below of indentured servitude, sent me down an interesting journey to the Burning of Parliament in London, 183

Thanks. This, and the etymology by Turing_Machine below of indentured servitude, sent me down an interesting journey to the Burning of Parliament in London, 1834. They burned all of the tally sticks of the Exchequer, but the circumstances were such that the Parliament burned down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Parliament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Parliament