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Showing posts with label john drake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john drake. Show all posts
Friday, 11 April 2014

11th April 1814: Attacks on properties of the enemies of Luddites around Huddersfield

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In the evening of Monday 11th April 1814, the properties of two of the enemies of the Luddites in the Huddersfield area were attacked. The d...
Wednesday, 31 July 2013

31st July 1813: A Longroyd Bridge cropper, Richard Brook, faces trial at York Summer Assizes

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The York Summer Assizes commenced on Saturday 31st July 1813. Amongst the cases was that of Richard Brook, an 18 year-old cropper from Longr...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013

5th June 1813: Longroyd Bridge Cropper, Richard Brooke, committed to York Castle

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The Leeds Mercury of Saturday 5th June 1813 reported an arrest and committal in the case of the attacks upon the Tenters belonging to John ...
Sunday, 12 May 2013

12th May 1813: Third attack on a Tenter belonging to John Drake

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At 10 p.m. on Wednesday 12th May 1813, John Drake senior heard a loud crashing noise coming from outside his house at Longroyd Bridge.  He a...
Thursday, 28 March 2013

28th March 1813: John Drake's Tenters are smashed again at Longroyd Bridge

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On Sunday 28th March 1813, six weeks after a similar attack , the Tenters belonging to John Drake, the father of Joseph Drake who gave evid...
Saturday, 23 February 2013

23rd February 1813: General Acland writes a summary of recent events for General Maitland

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Wakefield 23rd Febry 1813. My dear Sir. I went this morning to Huddersfield & fortunately met Mr. Radcliffe, Scott & Armytage t...
Thursday, 14 February 2013

14th February 1813: Attack on the Tenters of a relative of a witness at the York Special Commission

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John Drake senior was a cropper who kept Tenters at his home at Longroyd Bridge. At some point during the evening of Sunday 14th February 1...