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Showing posts with label the oath. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the oath. Show all posts
Friday, 31 May 2013

31st May 1813: A copy of the Luddite oath is discovered at a Coaching Inn in London

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The Castle & Falcon on Aldersgate Street, London Marlbro’ St May 31 - 1813 Dear Sir The inclosed paper was given to me yester...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

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, 23 October 2012

23rd October 1812: The solicitors Lloyd & Allison visit John Wood's cropping shop, and a new informer emerges

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John Wood's cropping shop, in a photorgaph before demolition in 1891. In the evening of Friday 23rd October 1812, the two solicitors...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

8th July 1812: The Committee of Secrecy give their report to the House of Commons about the Luddite disturbances

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On Wednesday 8th July, nine days after it was appointed, the parliamentary committee of secrecy gave their report into the Luddite disturban...
Friday, 18 May 2012

18th May 1812: The Manchester spy, John Bent, files his latest report for Colonel Fletcher

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On Monday 18th May 1812, Colonel Fletcher 's spy 'B' (aka John Bent), finished another report for his master. On 12th May, Be...
Friday, 4 May 2012

4th May 1812: Two weavers from Failsworth meet the Manchester Secret Committee at the Prince Regent's Arms

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Joseph Taylor, a weaver from Failsworth recently moved to Club Row, Newton Lane in Manchester, was a curious type. On the day of the first M...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012

1st May 1812: William Hay informs the Home Office about recent threatening letters & the Luddite oath

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Police Office Manchester 1 May 1812 Sir, I have the honor to enclose a letter received I believe this morning by Mr. Simpson a young gen...
Friday, 20 April 2012

20th April 1812: A young Mancunian man is 'twisted-in '

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On Monday 20th April 1812, a young man - whom we only know by the letters MI - met a man called Whittingham in Manchester. Whittingham told ...
Wednesday, 18 April 2012

18th April 1812: Stockport solicitor John Lloyd writes with details of prisoners and a copy of the Luddite oath

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Stockport 18 April 1812 Sir I have the honor to add (besides the Information conveyed in a separate letter about Williams) that since I ...
Saturday, 14 April 2012

14th April 1812: Secret weavers meeting at the Rope Walk, near Bolton

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Joseph Lomax, a crofter from Darcy Lever near Bolton, had heard talk at his workplace (Thomas Hulme & Co, a bleachworks) of secret meeti...
Wednesday, 28 March 2012

28th March 1812: The Manchester spy 'B' meets a contact from Leeds and Irish rebels in Stockport

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Colonel Fletcher's spy 'B' filed another report for his master on 28th March 1812. On 25th March, after a meeting with another...
Friday, 23 March 2012

23rd March 1812: Colonel Ralph Fletcher writes to the Home Office about the findings of his spy, and encloses an oath

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Lancaster 23d March 1812 Sir On my return from Town (where I had the Honor of a Conversation with the Right Honorable Secretary and your...
Thursday, 23 February 2012

23rd February 1812: The Manchester spy 'B' reports on Nottingham & Birmingham contacts and a secret oath

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On Sunday 23rd February, Colonel Fletcher 's spy in Manchester, 'B' , finished another report for his master. On the 17th, he ...