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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...

22nd May 1816: Crowd at Clare in Suffolk celebrate the bailing of their comrade by destroying a threshing machine

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On Wednesday 22nd May 1816, Clare in Suffolk was once again the site for the destruction of a Threshing Machine. The Suffolk Chronicle of 25...

22nd May 1816: The Chief Constable in Blackburn expresses concerns about 'Insurgents' to the Home Secretary

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My Lord, There being no Magistrate resident within this Parish (altho’ according to the Census of 1811 it contains upwards of 40,000 Inhab...
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...

21st May 1816: The Rev Charles Prescot sends the weavers petition to the Home Office

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My Lord— Yesterday Two Men delegated by the Weavers of this town & Neighbourhood requested me to permit a meeting for the purpose of f...

21st May 1816: Labourers from Southery march to Downham Market to demand, and obtain, the release of prisoners

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On Tuesday 21st May 1816, and a a day after prisoners were taken during the riots at Downham Market , their comrades set out from Southery a...

21st May 1816: John Lloyd sends the 'Death of Calico Jack' handbill to the Home Office

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Stockport 21st May 1816 Sir Mr. Prescot will send up a Copy the Petition I alluded to in my last by this night’s Post – It is temperate...

21st May 1816: Stockport Weavers petition to Parliament

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To the Honorable the House of Commons of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled the Petition of the Cotton...
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: Threshing machine destroyed at Sible Hedingham, Essex

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Some time on Monday 20th May 1816, a crowd of labourers destroyed a threshing machine at Sible Hedingham, in Essex.

20th May 1816: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury writes to Captain Francis Raynes

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Treasury-Chambers, 20th May, 1816. SIR, I have received your letter of the 1st inst. in reply to which, you must allow me to assure you...

20th May 1816: Magistrates formally agree to the demands of Brandon labourers

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On Monday 20th May, the magistrates at Brandon formally agreed to the demands the labourers had asserted by force over the past 3 days. Pea...

20th May 1816: John Lloyd sends his observations about local weavers to the Home Office

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Stockport 20th May 1816 Sir I was prepared to expect an application on the part of the Weavers to the resident magistrate Mr Prescot for...

20th May 1816: Distressed Stockport weavers appeal to the magistrate Rev Charles Prescot

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To the Revd Charles Prescot Revnd Sir Actuated by the sentiments of Gratitude for the generous concern you have ever manifested towards ...

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 ...
Thursday, 19 May 2016

19th May 2016: Troop movements

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In the first signs that the government was now beginning to intervene in the crisis in East Anglia, on Sunday 19th May 1816, units of the 1s...

19th May 1816: 3 threshing machines destroyed in Norfolk & Suffolk

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On Sunday 19th May 1816, actions against threshing machines took place in both Norfolk & Suffolk. In the morning at Hockham in Norfolk...

19th May 1816: "...we mean to circulate your blood with the leave of God", Ashill, Norfolk

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On the morning of Sunday 19th May 1816, the servants of Reverend Bartholomew Edwards of Ashill, Norfolk found an anonymous letter at the ent...
Wednesday, 18 May 2016

18th May 1816: Arson at Dickleburgh, Norfolk

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The Norfolk Chronicle of 25th May 1816 carried a brief report and reward notice regarding a case of apparent arson that occurred in the eve...

18th May 1816: John Patteson sends another update about the situation in Norwich

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Norwich 18 May 1816 My Lord By yesterdays mail I had the honor, at the desire of our mayor, to give your Lordship a circumstantial Accou...