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Thursday, 30 June 2016

30th June 1816: Journeymen Clothworkers of West of England appeal to the Prince Regent for aid

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June 30, 1816 That Wee the Journiman Clothworkers of the west of England do humbly beg that your Royal Highness will be so good as to take...

30th June 1816: M Babington writes to Thomas Babington, the MP for Leicester, about the 'Loughborough Job'

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Leicester 29 June 1816 My Dear father Last night a most violent and successful attack was made upon the Lace Machinery at Heathcoat ...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

29th June 1816: The executed rioters are buried in Ely

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The memorial plaque, on the south wall of the tower of St Mary's Church, Ely, to the five executed Ely and Littleport rioters, execute...

29th June 1816: The under-sheriff writes to the High Sheriff of Nottingham about the 'Loughborough Job'

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Nottingham 29 June 1816 Dear Sir I am sorry to inform you that the organized system and practice of Luddism appears still to be in full ...

29th June 1816: The solicitor William J Lockett, sends a report about the 'Loughborough Job' to the Home Office, implicating James Towle

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Loughbro’ June 29th 1816 My Lord A very alarming outrage was   committed last night , upon the property of Messr. Heathcoat and Boden of...

29th June 1816: The MP for Leicestershire, George Legh Keck, writes to the Home Office about the 'Loughborough Job'

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Stoughton Grange My Lord The Information which your Lordship will of [course] have received respecting the late destruction of the Lace ...

29th June 1816: The Mayor of Leicester informs the Clerk of the Peace about the 'Loughborough Job'

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Leics June 29 My dear Sir I think it advisable to send to you a parcel by to day's Coach hoping you may receive it in Time tomorrow ...

29th June 1816: Mass Luddite attack on Heathcoat & Boden's factory at Loughborough

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The former factory that belonged to Heathcoat & Boden, in an image from the 20th Century. The building has since been demolished, and ...
Tuesday, 28 June 2016

28th June 1816: General Byng reports his plans for the military in East Anglia

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Ely June 28th 1816— My Lord, As I did not attend, and as Sir Henry Dudley has fully informed your Lordship of the particulars of the awf...

28th June 1816: The prosecution solicitor, H. R. Evans, writes a report about the Ely executions

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Dear Sir The awful Business is over! The five unhappy wretches behaved with the greatest penitence and submission—acknowledging the Justic...

28th June 1816: Sir H.B. Dudley sends Lord Sidmouth a report of the Ely executions

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Ely College Friday noon [28th June 1816] My Lord The concluding scene has passed, with a [illegible] & impressive solemnity. Many o...

28th June 1816: The 5 Ely rioters are executed in the city

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On Friday 28th June 1816, the 5 rioters sentenced to death at the Ely Special Commission were executed in the City. Two East Anglian newspa...

28th June 1816: The Treasury Solicitor writes to the Home Office about prosecutions for rioting at Brandon

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Lincolns Inn 28th June 1816 Sir In answer to your note of yesterday, transmitting a note from His Grace the Duke of Grafton, in which H...
Monday, 27 June 2016

27th June 1816: Thomas Gooch MP informs the Home Office of arson at his property

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Milford House nr. Godalming June 27th 1816. My Lord. Understanding that my Brother “ MP for Suffolk” has communicated to your Lordshi...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

26th June 1816: Former Bolton spies appeal to the Home Secretary for financial aid

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Lancashire Bolton-le-Moors 26 June 1816 My Lord It is with extreme reluctance that the following lines are offered to your Lordship’s n...

26th June 1816: General Byng informs the Home Secretary of military preparations for the executions at Ely

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Colchester June 26th 1816 My Lord. I am Honoured with Your Lordships Letter of Yesterdays date, and have also received my orders from th...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

25th June 1816: John Lloyd writes to the Home Office about distressed weavers in Stockport

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Stockport 25 June 1816 Sir In my last letter relating to the situation of the people in Stockport, I think I informed you that I had rec...

25th June 1816: A Suffolk magistrate forwards a threatening letter to the Home Secretary

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My Lord: I beg to hand to your Lordship a paper I received this morning from Mr. Booty Farmer at Worlington in Lackford hundred in the Coun...

25th June 1816: The Chief Bailiff of Ely complains about the overcrowded Gaol

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Ely June 25th 1816 Sir You will excuse my troubling you with this Letter, merely to say, how necessary it is, that an application should...
Thursday, 23 June 2016

23rd June 1816: Threatening letter sent to a farmer at Worlington, Suffolk

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A Caushen for Worlington farmer that youse the threshen Meshien for whe are determined to seet fier to every one that comes to worlington an...