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Showing posts with label riots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riots. Show all posts
Saturday, 13 August 2016

13th August 1816: Preston weavers use sabotage, attack home of local MP & mill-owner

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The Leeds Mercury of 24th August 1816 carried an article from the Preston Chronicle about unrest in Preston on Tuesday 13th August 1816, muc...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

1st June 1816: Ousley Rowley informs the Home Office that recent disturbances at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, are now over

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St Neots 1 June 1816 My Lord In obedience the Prince Regent's commands to me (as one of the Commissioners of Lieutenancy in the Coun...
Sunday, 29 May 2016

29th May 1816: Riots continue at Halstead, Essex

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Following the liberation of 4 prisoners at Halstead, Essex and the riot that had ensued the day before, more rioting occurred in the evenin...
Saturday, 28 May 2016

28th May 1816: 4 prisoners liberated at Halstead, Essex, & a riot ensues

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After the arrest on Monday 27th May 1816 of 5 prisoners for the breaking of a threshing machine at Sible Hedingham , Essex, on the 20th May,...
Tuesday, 24 May 2016

24th May 1816: Labourers from Outwell, Norfolk, march to Upwell for "Bread, beer & blood"

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Peacock (1965, p.116) has a good description of events at Outwell & Upwell in Norfolk on Friday 24th May 1816: Between nine and ten o...
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24th May 1816: Sir H.B. Dudley updates the Home Secretary from Ely

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Ely Friday Evening My Lord On my arrival here I found that my Brother Magistrates had entered into an indirect amnesty with the Principa...

24th May 1816: Further disturbances at Downham Market - arrests follow

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Peacock (196, p.92) gave a brief description of further disturbances at Downham Market on Friday 24th May 1816: On the Friday (after the L...

24th May 1816: Ely Magistrates write to the Home Secretary about the disorder there

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My Lord, In Addition to the Report, which we did ourselves the Honor of communicating to you, by our Brother magistrate—the Reverend Mr [L...

24th May 1816: Risings at Ely & Littleport are suppressed by the military

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Friday 24th May 1816 was the final day of the labourer's uprising in Littleport & Ely, in Cambridgeshire. Once again, Peacock (1965...
Monday, 23 May 2016

23rd May 1816: Littleport labourers march on Ely, where rioting commences

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Peacock (1965, pp.100-106) continued to give a good account of the proceedings in Cambridgeshire on Thursday 23rd May 1816:  Dennis and t...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

22nd May 1816: Rioting erupts at Littleport, Cambridgeshire

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The most serious of the 'Bread or Blood' disturbances in East Anglia took place in Cambridgeshire between 22nd - 24th May 1816, com...
Saturday, 21 May 2016

21st May 1816: Benjamin Barker tells the Home Secretary he has prevented a riot at Rockland, Norfolk

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Parsonage Caston near Watton May 21 1816 My Lord As I was stepping into my carriage this morning to go a journey I was informed is a gr...
Friday, 20 May 2016

20th May 1816: Riot averted at Mundford, Norfolk

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The Bury & Norwich Post of 29th May 1816 briefly reported that a riot had been averted at Mundford, Norfolk on Monday 20th May 1816: ...

20th May 1816: Serious rioting in Downham Market

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Early on Monday 20th May 1816, serious rioting broke out in Downham Market, lasting all of the day. Norfolk. Peacock (1965, pp.87-92) gave ...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

18th May 1816: Despite concessions, further disturbances occur in Brandon

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Peacock (1965, pp.80-81) continues his description of the events in Brandon on Saturday 18th May 1816, as they now drew to a close: Altho...

18th May 1816: Rioting at Feltwell, Norfolk

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On Saturday 18th May 1816, a riot occurred at Feltwell in Norfolk. Once again, Peacock (1965, pp.86-87) assembled a narrative using more obs...
Tuesday, 17 May 2016

17th May 1816: Riot at Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Norfolk

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On Friday 17th may 1816, there was a disturbance at Hockwold-cum-Wilton in Norfolk. Peacock (1965, p.86) has a good account, using more obsc...

17th May 1816: "Bread or Blood in Brandon this day"

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Peacock (1965, pp.79-80) continues his description of the events in Brandon on Friday 17th May 1816: The following day, John Kendle, a de...

17th May 1816: Rioting continues in Norwich

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The second day of rioting in Norwich continued on Friday 17th May, and the Bury & Norwich Post of 22nd May 1816 carried the following de...
Monday, 16 May 2016

16th May 1816: Rioting commences in Norwich

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On Thursday 16th May, the first of 2 days of serious rioting began in Norwich. The Norfolk Chronicle of 18th May carried a report: Late on...