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Showing posts with label daniel diggle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daniel diggle. Show all posts
Tuesday, 4 April 2017

4th April 1817: The reported death of Daniel Diggle's mother - an example of 19th century 'fake news'

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In the days following Daniel Diggle's execution , several regional newspapers reported that his mother has died two days later, on Frida...
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Sunday, 2 April 2017

2nd April 1817: The execution of Daniel Diggle, at Nottingham

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The header from a broadsheet published to mark the occasion of Daniel Diggle's execution on 2nd April 1817 The full broadsheet can be ...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

1st April 1817: "I, Daniel Diggle..." - Daniel Diggle's confession

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I, Daniel Diggle, being about to suffer death, and fearing that I may not be able to unburthen my mind at the place of execution, have requ...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

28th March 1817: Daniel Diggle writes to his wife, from Nottingham Gaol

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March 28th, 1817. DEAR WIFE, I write to you, hoping these lines will find you in good health; by the blessing of God I hope they will. I...
Monday, 27 March 2017

27th March 1817: Daniel Diggle writes to his family, from Nottingham Gaol

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Nottingham County Gaol, March 27, 1817. DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER, I take the opportunity of writing to you, hoping these few lines will fi...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

18th March 1817: The trial of Joseph Mellors, Nathan Diggle & Jonathan Austin, for attacking William Cook, at Nottingham Assizes

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On the same day that the Luddite Daniel Diggle was tried and sentenced to death for his part in an abortive attack in Nottingham , his accom...

18th March 1817: The trial of the Luddite Daniel Diggle, for shooting George Kerry, at Nottingham Assizes

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COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM. Tuesday , March 18. This morning, DANIEL DIGGLE, a fine stout-looking young man, only 20 years of age, was p...
Thursday, 16 February 2017

16th February 1816: Lancelot Rolleston asks the Duke of Newcastle to pay William Cook's legal costs

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My Lord Duke, I have the honour to acquaint your grace, that the confession made to me, by one John Blackburn, of the Town of Nottingham, ...
Thursday, 9 February 2017

9th February 1817: William Burton's further confession

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The voluntary confession of William Burton late of Basford in the County of Nottingham, taken before me Lanct Rolleston Esqr one of his Maje...
Sunday, 5 February 2017

5th February 1817: Lancelot Rolleston says John Blackburn has implicated Daniel Diggle in the shooting of George Kerry

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My Lord I have the honour of forwarding your Lordship the full confession made to me by John Blackburn ; the perpetrators of the various o...
Sunday, 15 January 2017

15th January 1817: 3 more committals for the attack on William Cooke are reported in the press

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The Derby Mercury of 30th January 1817 carried a report about further arrests regarding the attack on William Cooke on 2nd January: On th...
Monday, 2 January 2017

2nd January 1817: Poaching raid on Lord Middleton's estate turns into a gun battle, prisoner taken

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In the evening of 2nd January 1817, a raid on the estate of Lord Middleton, near Wollaton in Nottinghamshire, set off a chain of events that...