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Friday, 27 September 2013

Lesley Kipling: 'Luddites in My Life', a tribute

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Lesley Kipling with an authentic 'Enoch' I was saddened to hear of the death yesterday of the Huddersfield historian and autho...
Wednesday, 25 September 2013

25th September 1813: Joseph Radcliffe is made a Baronet

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On Saturday 25th September 1813, Joseph Radcliffe, the West Riding magistrate and Luddite-baiter was made a Baronet. Nine months earlier, Ge...
Friday, 13 September 2013

13th September 1813: The trial of William Beston, at Chester Lammas Assizes, for burglary

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William Beston was the brother of Simeon Beston, who had been convicted 3 days before of Burglary at Chester Lammas Assizes. It was he who t...
Tuesday, 10 September 2013

10th September 1813: The trial of Simeon Beston & James Renshaw at Chester Lammas Assizes, for burglary

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At Chester Lammas Assizes in 1813 two trials took place which have not, up until now at least, been deemed relevant to the chronicles of Lud...
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...
Saturday, 27 July 2013

27th July 1813: Suicide of a Framework-knitter at Pentrich

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On Tuesday 27th July 1813, the body of a framework-knitter from Nottingham called W Hall was found in a stable at Pentrich. He had hung hims...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013

17th July 1813: An attempted prosecution for Sedition at Bradford Sessions

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On Saturday 17th July 1813 James Chapman, a worker at Bradley Mills in Huddersfield, stood trial at the Quarter Sessions at Bradford for utt...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

30th June 1813: A priest from Marsden seeks a reward for the former spy, Joseph Taylor

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My Lord I beg Leave to address you on Account of Mr. Joseph Taylor who has been indefatigable in suppressing and bringing to Justice the...
Wednesday, 19 June 2013

19th June 1813: General Maitland appointed Governor of Malta

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John Hoppner's portrait of Maitland On Saturday 19th June 1813 Lieutenant General Maitland, the suppressor of Luddism in the North...
Monday, 17 June 2013

17th June 1813: James Alan Park cautions the Home Office about cases brought by West Riding Manufacturers

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Linc. Inn Fields, June 17th 1813 My dear Sir, I mentioned to you & the Lord Sidmouth, that I had presented certain cases from bein...
Tuesday, 11 June 2013

11th June 1813: The Convict Ship 'The Fortune' arrives in Sydney, Australia

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'The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales' an aquatint by Havell & Son, after Major Jame...
Friday, 7 June 2013

7th June 1813: "May the manufacturers and the machinery of Yorkshire ever be uninterrupted"

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On Monday 7th June 1813, the respective Address of Thanks for William Cartwright & Joseph Radcliffe drawn up by West the Yorkshire bou...
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 ...
Saturday, 1 June 2013

1st June 1813: Lord Byron introduces Major Cartwright's petition in the House of Lords

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On Tuesday 1st June 1813, Lord Byron made another appearance in the House of Lords, this time on the subject of the way the authorities had ...
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...
Wednesday, 22 May 2013

22nd May 1813: The Leeds newspapers report on a massive petition for parliamentary reform

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On Saturday 22nd May 1813, the Leeds Mercury carried a letter about a local petition for parliamentary reform: PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. MR. ...
Friday, 17 May 2013

17th May 1813: Meeting at the Yew Tree Inn, Roberttown, in support of William Cartwright & Joseph Radcliffe

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The Leeds Intelligencer of 24th May 1813 carried an article about a meeting in Roberttown held to organise a reward and recognition for Will...