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Showing posts with label illegal oaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illegal oaths. Show all posts
Monday, 15 April 2013

15th April 1813: South Wales magistrates express concern that illegal oaths are being sworn amongst ironworkers

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My Lord From the great Depression of the Iron Trade throughout the Kingdom & the manifest loss which the Ironmasters have had & a...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013

20th March 1813: Edmund Newton walks free from Lancaster Lent Assizes

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Edmund Newton , a weaver from Hadfield in Derbyshire, had been taken up as part of the ' Manchester 38 ' in Manchester on 11th June ...
Friday, 18 January 2013

18th January 1913: The Prince Regent issues a new Proclamation offering an amnesty for those 'twisted in'

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By His Royal Highness The PRINCE of WALES, REGENT of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Name and on the Behalf of His ...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

8th January 1813: The trial of John Baines and others for administering an illegal oath

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The last trial that took place on Friday 8th January was that of John Baines the elder (aged 66, a milliner), Charles Milnes (22, a cardmake...

8th January 1813: The trials of John Eadon & Craven Cookson for administering illegal oaths

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Three trials took place immediately after the execution of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith on Friday 8th January 1813. Commencing at 11.00 a.m....
Tuesday, 6 November 2012

6th November 1812: Spies report that 'hundreds' of soldiers have been Twisted-in

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Staley Bridge Novr 6th 1812 Sir I have the honor to report that during the week, I have heard from Hayfield, New mills and the differe...
Saturday, 22 September 2012

22nd September 1812: Illegal Oaths Handbill posted in Manchester

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Tuesday, 11 September 2012

11th September 1812: John Baines senior, his sons and friends are arrested at Halifax

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On Friday night, 11th September 1812, the Stockport solicitor John Lloyd, and General Maitland's aide-de-camp, Captain Thornhill arrived...
Sunday, 2 September 2012

2nd September 1812: Four weavers seized at Barnsley for administering & taking Illegal Oaths

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Thomas Broughton, a weaver from Barnsley, had become involved with the local Luddites some time ago. Although it is unclear what had driven ...

2nd September 1812: The lesser-known cases at Lancaster Summer Assizes

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On Wednesday 2nd September 1812, sentencing took place at Lancaster Summer Assizes. A number of cases were decided there which do not usuall...
Friday, 31 August 2012

31st August 1812: Handbill offering Pardon of Illegal Oaths posted in Manchester area

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Monday, 27 August 2012

27th August 1812: The trial of the 'Manchester 38' at Lancaster Assizes

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Lancaster Castle c.1830: an engraving by Richard Parry from an original by William Westall More than 2 months after they had been arreste...
Friday, 24 August 2012

24th August 1812: Convictions at the Chester Summer Assizes

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Some of the less well-known convictions for Luddism took place at the Chester Summer Assizes, on or before Monday 24th August 1812. William ...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

15th August 1812: Handbill offers Pardon of Illegal Oaths in the North of England

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Saturday, 21 July 2012

21st July 1812: A Mason from Manchester informs the Home Secretary that a Luddite has infiltrated a local lodge

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Manchester 21st July 1812 My Lord I have just come to the knowledge of a circumstance, which, I deem of too great importance in regard o...
Saturday, 14 July 2012

14th July 1812: General Maitland suggests a pardon for oath-takers to the Home Secretary

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Buxton 14th July 1812 My dear Lord. I have written to Becket, on the Subject of the French Prisoners, and I am sure you will be good en...
Monday, 9 July 2012

9th July 1812: The Unlawful Oaths Act becomes law

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An Act to render more effectual an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, for preventing the administering or taking...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

8th July 1812: A spy sent from Manchester is 'twisted-in' by an old man at Halifax

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John McDonald and John Gossling were two assistant constables in Manchester. They had both been sent into West Yorkshire by the Manchester D...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

13th June 1812: The 37 prisoners at the New Bailey become the 'Manchester 38' and are committed to Lancaster Castle

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Between 4.00 and 5.00 p.m. on Saturday 13th June, the 37 men arrested at a meeting at the Prince Regents Arms on 11th June were in court aga...
Friday, 1 June 2012

1st June 1812: The final prisoners stand trial at the Lancaster Special Commission

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On Monday 1st June 1812, the final set of prisoners took their trials at the Lancaster Special Commission. Three men were accused of recei...