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Showing posts with label york. Show all posts
Showing posts with label york. Show all posts
Wednesday, 6 August 2014

6th August 1814: "You are a damned Luddite, and back the Luds."

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The Leeds Mercury of Saturday 6th August 1814 carried an article about a case at the recent York Summer Assizes for an assault. The case is ...
Sunday, 11 August 2013

11th August 1813: West Riding manufacturers are compensated at York Summer Assizes

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On Wednesday 11th August, the York Summer Assizes heard a number of cases for compensation brought by manufacturers affected by Luddism. As ...
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...
Sunday, 17 March 2013

17th March 1813: Cases at the York Lent Assizes

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The York Lent Assizes for 1813 concluded with sentencing on Wednesday 17th March, but by then, several cases connected with the Luddites had...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

20th February 1813: Francis Raynes meets General Maitland to discuss a possible reward for his efforts

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In his memoirs Captain Francis Raynes gives a description of a meeting he says took place between himself and General Maitland on Saturday 2...
Monday, 18 February 2013

18th February 1813: General Maitland sends a last letter from the West Riding to Lord Sidmouth

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York 18th Febry 1813. My dear Lord. I return’d here last night, finding the unfortunate business that carried me to Scotland was likely...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013

23rd January 1813: General Maitland issues a circular to West Riding Magistrates about the withdrawal of troops

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York, 23d January, 1813. CIRCULAR TO THE MAGISTRATES OF THE WEST RIDING, GENTLEMEN, As it is my intention to make an immediate chang...
Tuesday, 22 January 2013

22nd January 1813: General Acland rebukes Lt Colonel Lang for providing a guard for Joseph Mellor

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York 22nd January 1813. Sir— Your communication respecting Joseph Mellor dated yesterday has been forwarded to me here—It does not appe...

22nd January 1813: General Acland issues orders for the winding down of troops in the area of Liversedge

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York 22d Jany 1813 Sir You will receive Orders for the withdrawing all the detachments under your Command, excepting the men of the Sti...

22nd January 1813: General Aland issues orders for the winding down of troops in the area of Elland

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York 22 Jany 1813 Sir. It is Lt. General Maitland's intention that the Detachment at Elland shall be reduced to three Serjeants ...
Monday, 21 January 2013

21st January 1813: The Gaoler of York Castle writes to the Home Offfice about the late executions

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York Castle _ 21 Jany [1813] Mr Beckett Sir I beg to Acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter this morning, from which I am sorry to fin...
Wednesday, 16 January 2013

16th January 1813: Hymn - 'Behold the Saviour of Mankind'

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Behold the Savior of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree! How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for thee! Though f...

16th January 1813: The 14 convicted Luddites are executed at York Castle

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A contemporary illustration, from York Castle Prison, of an execution at the 'New Drop' after 1802. On Saturday 16th January 181...
Tuesday, 15 January 2013

15th January 1813: The condemned Luddites pray in the Chapel at York Castle

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The York Herald of Saturday 16th January 1813 carried a brief article about the condemned Luddites on the night before their scheduled execu...

15th January 1813: General Maitland tells General Acland that the burials of the condemned Luddites should be watched closely

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York 15th Jany 1813. Dear General As the Bodies of the Culprits who are to be executed to morrow morning, will be delivered over to th...
Sunday, 13 January 2013

13th January 1813: Major Raitt tells General Acland revelations from an informer

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Wednesday [Evng] My dear General I send you on the other half Sheet a List of all the Prisoners with their Fates attached to them, 14 o...

13th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse dismisses the solicitors Lloyd & Allison to prevent them stirring up further trouble

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York Jan. 13. 1813. Sir, I deem it right to lose no Time in informing you that in Consequence of a Conversation which I had yesterday ...

13th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse informs the Home Office that Judge Le Blanc has denied the condemned Luddites mercy

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Private & confidential York Jan. 13. Dear Sir, Mr. LeBlanc has communicated to Park that after a very attentive [illegible] of ...

13th January 1813: General Maitland suggests to General Acland that a withdrawal of troops should be trialled

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York 13th Jany 1813 Dear Acland The Commission having enclosed here & having succeeded in every point beyond my most sanguine exp...
Saturday, 12 January 2013

12th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse sends the result of the York Special Commission to the Home Office

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York Jan. 12. [1813] Sir, The Business of the Commission being concluded, I have the Honour to inclose from Lord Sidmouth’s Informatio...