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Saturday, 1 April 2017

1st April 1817: Jeffrey Lockett informs the Home Secretary of the result of the Luddite trials

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My Lord Tho’ my feelings are greatly agitated by the awful scene which I have just witnessed, I have the satisfaction which is inseparable...

1st April 1817: "I, Daniel Diggle..." - Daniel Diggle's confession

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I, Daniel Diggle, being about to suffer death, and fearing that I may not be able to unburthen my mind at the place of execution, have requ...

1st April 1817: The trial of the remaining 'Loughborough Job' Luddites, at Leicester Assizes

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Trial of Thomas Savidge, Joshua Mitchell, Wm. Withers, William Towle, John Amos, John Crowder, and James Watson, the firing a gun at John A...
Friday, 31 March 2017

31st March 1817: The trial of the Luddite John Clarke (aka 'Little Sam') at Leicester Assizes

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LEICESTER. Trial of JOHN CLARKE, otherwise LITTLE SAM , FOR SHOOTING AT JOHN ASHER. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1817. This morning, at eig...
Thursday, 30 March 2017

30th March 1817: A suspected Luddite, James Crofts, writes to his family from the condemned cell at Leicester

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Leicester County Gaol March 30th 1817 Dear Father and Mother Brothers and Sisters it is with Sincere regret that I write you out of so dis...

30th March 1817: Hoveringham Framework-knitters appeal to Hosiers to raise their wages

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AN ADDRESS Of the FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS in HOVERINGHAM, AND ITS VICINITY. TO THE GENTLEMAN HOSIERS. GENTLEMEN—To your humane Feeling...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

28th March 1817: Daniel Diggle writes to his wife, from Nottingham Gaol

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March 28th, 1817. DEAR WIFE, I write to you, hoping these lines will find you in good health; by the blessing of God I hope they will. I...

28th March 1817: Heathcoat & Boden awarded £10,000 compensation for their 'Loughborough Job' losses

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It was reported in the Leciester Chronicle of Friday 28th March 1817 that during the recent Leicester Assizes, the owners of the lace factor...

28th March 1817: A 'Mr. Richards' requests a meeting with the Home Secretary

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Right Honourable Sir May it please your Lordship to have a private interview with a humble individual which may lead to some material inf...
Monday, 27 March 2017

27th March 1817: Daniel Diggle writes to his family, from Nottingham Gaol

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Nottingham County Gaol, March 27, 1817. DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER, I take the opportunity of writing to you, hoping these few lines will fi...
Sunday, 26 March 2017

26th March 1817: Henry Enfield sends Joshua Mitchell's confession to the Home Office

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Nottingham March ye 26. 1817 My Lord The Secret Committee desire me to transmit to your Lordship the enclosed paper , containing Disclos...

26th March 1817: The statement of the Luddite, Joshua Mitchell

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Examination of Joshua Mitchell Loughbro ’—Was at the destruction of Heathcoate’s Machinery at Loughbro’—I had the Gun and Bayonet in the ...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017

22nd March 1817: Derby Assizes Grand Jury call for the reinstatement of the death penalty for frame-breaking

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Derby County Hall March 22nd 1817 The undersigned Gentleman, constituting the Grand Jury now assembled at the Assizes for the County of De...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

18th March 1817: The trial of Joseph Mellors, Nathan Diggle & Jonathan Austin, for attacking William Cook, at Nottingham Assizes

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On the same day that the Luddite Daniel Diggle was tried and sentenced to death for his part in an abortive attack in Nottingham , his accom...