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Showing posts with label ely. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 July 2016

31st July 1816: A pseudonymous writer replies to the Courier about the Ely prisoners affair

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The 31st July 1816 edition of the Bury & Norwich Post carried a letter from a pseudonymous writer 'Eliensis' (latin for 'El...
Tuesday, 26 July 2016

26th July 1816: The London Courier defends the transportation of the Ely prisoners

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An editorial in the 26th July 1816 edition of the London Courier attacked the meeting recently held in Ely which expressed disquiet about t...
Sunday, 24 July 2016

24th July 1816: Bury & Norwich Post editorial about the recent meeting in Ely

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ELY, JULY 22, 1816. We are much concerned to state, that an occurrence which has recently taken place here has occasioned a very conside...
Friday, 22 July 2016

22nd July 1816: Public Meeting in Ely expresses alarm about the fate of transported prisoners

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AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the TOWN of ELY, held at the Club Inn, in Ely, on Monday the 22d day of July, 1816, (t he Magistrates ha...
Friday, 1 July 2016

1st July 1816: The 9 'bread or blood' rioters are moved from Ely to Newgate prison prior to transportation

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On Monday 1st July 1816, the 9 prisoners convicted of various offences and who had been sentenced to transportation  at the Ely Special Com...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

29th June 1816: The executed rioters are buried in Ely

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The memorial plaque, on the south wall of the tower of St Mary's Church, Ely, to the five executed Ely and Littleport rioters, execute...
Tuesday, 28 June 2016

28th June 1816: General Byng reports his plans for the military in East Anglia

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Ely June 28th 1816— My Lord, As I did not attend, and as Sir Henry Dudley has fully informed your Lordship of the particulars of the awf...

28th June 1816: The prosecution solicitor, H. R. Evans, writes a report about the Ely executions

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Dear Sir The awful Business is over! The five unhappy wretches behaved with the greatest penitence and submission—acknowledging the Justic...

28th June 1816: Sir H.B. Dudley sends Lord Sidmouth a report of the Ely executions

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Ely College Friday noon [28th June 1816] My Lord The concluding scene has passed, with a [illegible] & impressive solemnity. Many o...

28th June 1816: The 5 Ely rioters are executed in the city

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On Friday 28th June 1816, the 5 rioters sentenced to death at the Ely Special Commission were executed in the City. Two East Anglian newspa...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

25th June 1816: The Chief Bailiff of Ely complains about the overcrowded Gaol

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Ely June 25th 1816 Sir You will excuse my troubling you with this Letter, merely to say, how necessary it is, that an application should...
Wednesday, 22 June 2016

22nd June 1816: The Ely Chief Justice, Edward Christian, delivers a monologue at the end of the Special Commission

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The Bury and Norwich Post of 3rd July 1816 carried the full text of the Ely Chief Justice, Edward Christian's long, self-aggrandizing mo...

22nd June 1816: Prisoners receive their sentences at the final day of the Ely Special Commission

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The Bury & Norwich Post's concluded their coverage of the Ely Special Commission (from the 26th June edition of the newspaper): S...
Tuesday, 21 June 2016

21st June 1816: Henry Hobhouse writes his final letter from Ely Special Commission

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Shire Hall Ely June 21.1816. Dear Beckett We have brought the Session to a most satisfactory Conclusion. Being of opinion that Justi...

21st June 1816: William Bolland writes his final letter from Ely Special Commission

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Dear Beckett. Since I wrote yesterday James Camell & Wm: Beamiss the Elder have been convicted of Robbery, & John Easy, Robert B...

21st June: Day 5 of the Ely Special Commission

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The Bury & Norwich Post's coverage of the Ely Special Commission continued (from the 26th June edition of the newspaper): FRIDAY,...
Monday, 20 June 2016

20th June 1816: Henry Hobhouse summarises day 4 of the Ely Special Commission

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Shire Hall Ely June 20. 1816. Dear Sir, After I dispatched my Letter yesterday, we convicted of a Robbery the Prisoner, who has been p...

20th June 1816: William Bolland writes from the trials at Ely Special Commission

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William Atkin} Aaron Layton} a second time John Dennis} Sarah Hobbs} John Prieke} John Cooper} a second time Richard Jessop} ...

20th June: Day 4 of the Ely Special Commission

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The Bury & Norwich Post's coverage of the Ely Special Commission continued (from the 26th June edition of the newspaper): THURSDA...
Sunday, 19 June 2016

19th June 1816: Henry Hobhouse summarises Day 3 of the Ely Special Commission

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Shire Hall Ely June 19. 1816. Dear Sir, After I wrote yesterday, four Prisoners were tried for a Robbery on Mr. Vachell, all four were...