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Thursday, 8 October 2015

8th October 1815: 2 Threshing Machines destroyed at Chepstow

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The Gloucester Journal of Monday 16th October 1815 reported an incident that took place on the night of Saturday 7th October 1815, in which ...
Saturday, 26 September 2015

26th September 1815: Nottingham Council pays tribute to the late George Coldham

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The memorial to George Coldham, in St Mary's Church, Nottingham (image by Andrew R Abbott , cc licence ) The Leeds Mercury of 14th O...
Friday, 18 September 2015

18th September 1815: George Coldham dies in an accident in Brighton

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George Coldham by William Artaud (c.1810) On Monday 18th September 1815, George Coldham, the Town Clerk of Nottingham and the Luddit...
Friday, 28 August 2015

28th August 1815: Thomas Holden's parents write to him from Bolton

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Bolton y/e 28th 1815 Aug Dear Thomas we jointly take this oppertunity of send\ing/ you a few lines to inform you that we are all well at ...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015

26th August 1815: The Leeds Mercury publishes a final editorial on the Charles Sutton affair

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In the last Intelligencer a boast is put forth by the new Editor that he contributed to bring down upon a rival publication at Nottingham, ...
Friday, 21 August 2015

21st August 1815: Francis Raynes receives a letter from the Home Secretary

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Three days after his meeting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , Francis Raynes received a disappointing letter from the Home Secreta...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

19th August 1815: The Leeds Mercury responds to the Leeds Intelligencer's editorial about the Charles Sutton trial

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We [illegible] a moment from more agreeable and more [illegible] pursuits, to notice a [most] violent [and impudent] attack made upon the pa...
Tuesday, 18 August 2015

18th August 1815: Francis Raynes is called to meet the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Charles Arbuthnot

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Francis Raynes' persistence in the pursuit of a reward seemed, at last, to have paid off. His memoir relates the events that led to an i...
Friday, 14 August 2015

14th August 1815: The Leeds Intelligencer publishes another outspoken editorial about Charles Sutton

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We have promised to pay a little occasional attention to the Nottingham Review , and to shame, if anything can shame, the other paper publis...
Friday, 7 August 2015

7th August 1815: The Leeds Intelligencer gloats over the verdict of the Charles Sutton trial

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On Monday 7th August, the Tory Leeds Intelligencer published an editorial about the recent trial of the proprietor of the Nottingham Revie...
Tuesday, 4 August 2015

4th August 1815: 8 men charged with machine breaking over the attack at Holbrook

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On Friday 4th August, 8 men were committed to the County Gaol in Ipswich for the attack at Holbrook the previous day . They were all charged...

4th August 1815: Nottingham Review editorial on the Charles Sutton trial

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On Friday 4th August 1815, the Nottingham Review carried an extensive editorial on the subject of the trial of its proprietor Charles Sutton...
Monday, 3 August 2015

3rd August 1815: Threshing Machine destroyed at Holbrook, Suffolk

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Some time during Thursday 3rd August 1815, and in a portent of what was to come the following year, a Threshing Machine was destroyed at Hol...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015

29th July 1815: Simon Orgill's compensation case comes before Leciester Assizes

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On Saturday 29th July 1815, Leicester Assizes heard the case of Simon Orgill , a manufacturer from Castle Donington, whose Mill had been att...
Wednesday, 22 July 2015

22nd July 1815: The trial of Charles Sutton, proprietor of the Nottingham Review, for political libel

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On Saturday 22nd July 1815, the proprietor of the Nottingham Review, Charles Sutton , stood trial at Nottingham Summer Assizes for political...