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Showing posts with label leicester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leicester. Show all posts
Friday, 23 February 2018

23rd February 1818: Leicester Framework-knitters meet to petition parliament about their distress

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The Nottingham Review of Friday 6th March 1818 carried the following article about framework-knitters in Leicester: A numerous meeting of ...
Tuesday, 20 February 2018

20th February 1818: The Nottingham Review writes on the plight of Leicester framework-knitters

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The Nottingham Review of Friday 20th February posted the following article about plight of framework-knitters in Leicester being championed ...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

22nd November 1817: The Leicester Chronicle withdraws their previous remarks about James Towle & the Spy Oliver

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On Saturday 22nd November 1817, the Leicester Chronicle issued a correction to a column of the previous week : A respectable Lady of this ...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017

15th November 1817: The Leicester Chronicle reports that the spy Oliver visited James Towle in Leicester Gaol

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The Saturday 15th November 1817 edition of the Leicester Chronicle reported the following: It seems that the person who called upon James ...
Monday, 18 September 2017

18th September 1817: A Leicester Hosier writes to the Home Office about strikes in the trade

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Leicest. 18th Sept 1817 My Lord I hope your Lordship will pardon the liberty I am taking in presuming to address you, but feeling as I d...
Monday, 31 July 2017

31st July 1817: Jeffery Lockett informs the Home Office of the outcome of Samuel Caldwell's trial

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Leicester July 31.st 1817 Dear Sir The King agt. Caldwell The prisoner accepted our proposal & pleaded guilty to the indictment c...

31st July 1817: Samuel Caldwell convicted of frame-breaking during the 'Loughborough Job' - the final Luddite trial

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On Thursday 31st July 1817, at Leicester Assizes, the Luddite Samuel Caldwell (aka 'Big Sam') pleaded guilty to frame-breaking duri...
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Monday, 17 April 2017

17th April 1817: The Mayor of Leicester reports the Luddite executions to the Home Office

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Leicester 2 oClo Thursday April 17 1817 Dear Sir I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that the Execution of the six Luddites here ha...

17th April 1817: The Loughborough Job Luddites' hymn - 'How sad our state by nature is!'

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How sad our state by nature is! Our sin, how deep it stains! And SATAN binds our captive minds Fast in his slavish chains. Bu...

17th April 1817: The final Luddite executions at Leicester - John Amos, John Crowther, Joshua Mitchell, Thomas Savage, William Towle & William Withers are hanged

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On Thursday 17th April 1817, the final executions of Luddites took place at Leicester. There was coverage in various local newspapers bu...

17th April 1817: Awaiting his execution, the Luddite, John Crowther, writes to his wife

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New Bridewell, Leicester, 8 o'clock, on the morning of our execution. O my dearest and best of Wives, When you receive this, I shall...
Sunday, 16 April 2017

16th April 1817: "The Last Gift of John Amos, to his Dear Children"

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The Luddite John Amos, awaiting sentence of death the following day at Leicester, allegedly wrote this poem to his children into the Bible h...

16th April 1817: Charles Mundy informs the Home Secretary of the preparations for the executions the following day

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Leicester April 16 1817 My Lord I have the Honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships letter of the fourteenth & to say tha...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017

11th April 1817: The Luddite-turned-informer, John Blackburn, writes to his fellow Luddite-turned-informer, William Burton

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April 11 Dear frends. I have the liberty of wrighting to you oping this will find you well in health. wich it leave us at this present t...
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Monday, 10 April 2017

10th April 1817: The Luddite, John Amos, writes to his wife, from the condemned cell at Leicester Gaol

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Leicester County Gaol Dear Wife, I write these few lines to you, hoping they will find you in good health, as they leave me in good heal...
Saturday, 8 April 2017

8th April 1817: The statement of the Luddite, Thomas Savage

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Thomas Savages account taken by Mr. Mundy April 8th 1817 The Week Savage was taken up early in Febry last a meeting took place at the H...

8th April 1817: The Luddite, Thomas Savage, writes to his wife & children from the condemned cell at Leicester Gaol

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Leicester County Prison My dear Wife and children, I beg and pray of you, when you peruse these few lines, that they will be some consol...

8th April 1817: The Luddite, William Withers, writes to his wife, from the condemned cell at Leicester

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Leicester County Gaol My Dear Wife, These are the last few lines you will ever receive from your loving and affectionate, but dying husb...

8th April 1817: The Luddite, Joshua Mitchell, writes to his brother, from the condemned cell at Leicester Gaol

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Leicester County Gaol My dear Brother, I received your kind and welcome letter. I am sensible of my awful situation: had I took your adv...
Friday, 7 April 2017

7th April 1817: Thomas Savage writes to his father, from the condemned cell at Leicester Gaol

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Leicester County Gaol, April 7, 1817. Dear honoured Father, I have just had my son with me, who has informed me of a circumstance which...