Talk:Ely and Littleport riots of 1816/to do

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• References to newspaper articles. Need more; especially need provincial news
  • The Observer May 19, 1816; p. 1 - Miscellaneous: Domestic - riot act read in Bridgeport Monday night
  • The Times, Tuesday, May 21, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9840; col C - Riots In Suffolk.Category: News
  • The Observer May 26, 1816; p. 4 - Disturbances in Norfolk and Suffolk. Ely - Their flag was inscribed, "Bread or Blood." and they threatened to march to London (I think this is reporting on general disturbances (including the Litteport one) the previous week)
  • The Times, Thursday, May 30, 1816; pg. 2; Issue 9848; col E - London Thursday, May 30, 1816
  • The Times, Thursday, May 30, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9848; col C - Riots At Littleport And Ely. Cambridge, May 27. Category: News
  • The Observer (1791- 1900); Jun 2, 1816; Weekly abstract of intelligence: "... the tumults at Littleport, in the isle of Ely, were by far of the greatest magnitude, and of the most serious consequences."
  • The Times, Monday, Jun 03, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9851; col D - Letters from Norwich
  • The Times, Wednesday, Jun 19, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9865; col C
  • The Times, Thursday, Jun 20, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9866; col D - Special Commission At Ely. Wednesday, June 19
  • The Times, Friday, Jun 21, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9867; col A - Special Commission At Ely. Wednesday, June 20

--Senra (Talk) 17:39, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

• Was Edward Christian Lord Chief Justice of the Isle at that time? Yups he was so  Done --Senra (Talk) 00:02, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
• Could someone explain the meaning of this paragraph: By the special commission issued to try the Ely rioters the judicial authority vested by charter in the Lord Chief Justice of that Isle will be superceded. Mr. Justice ABBOTT and Mr. Justice BURROW, it is said, will be the presiding judges on this occasion; from Times, Tuesday, Jun 04, 1816; pg. 3; Issue 9852; col B
  • Asked the question here Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities/What is a special commission --Senra (Talk) 18:14, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
    • Apparently an Oyer and terminer. Still cannot find the text of this commission neither in Hansard nor London Gazette --Senra (Talk) 16:07, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
• RS for age of Thomas South. He was 22 according to non RS here  Done Thomas South was 22 according to Bell (1994) p. 12 --Senra (Talk) 14:43, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
• Needs max. two images; perhaps of memorial at St Mary's Ely  Done --Senra (Talk) 22:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
• The poster seems to have been a response by the Ely magistrates to quell the rioters, which it seems to have done in Ely at tleast. Is there any evidence that the orders contained in the poster were not acted upon?
• The Riot Act may have been read twice; once in Littleport by Reverened Vachell who read or attempted to read the riot act [Johnson (1893) p. 13] sometime before 11pm (22/5/1816) and once by Reverend William Metcalfe as the rioters entered Ely between 5am and 6am on the morning of 23/5/1816.[Storey (2009) p. 85]  Done --Senra (Talk) 22:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
• Awaiting definitive work Peacock, Alfred James (1965), Bread or Blood: a study of the agrarian riots in East Anglia in 1816, V. Gollancz  Done --Senra (Talk) 22:13, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

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"No. 17143". The London Gazette. 8 June 1816. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) --Senra (Talk) 21:59, 20 September 2010 (UTC)