A Report on the Whole of the Proceedings, under the special commission, held in the County Hall, at Derby, in the month of October, 1817, including the trials of Jeremiah Brandreth, alias John Coke, alias the Nottingham Captain, William Turner, Isaac Ludlum, the elder, and George Weightman, for High Treason; with the speeches of the counsel, and other interesting particulars. To which is added and account of the execution, and a detail of Oliver's tour, through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire.

BRANDRETH, Jeremiah; TURNER, William; LUDLAM, Isaac; WEIGHTMAN, George.

Published by Nottingham: printed by Sutton & Son. 1817, 1817

About this Item

Text block a little browned & brittle, rather damp-stained in places. Uncut in orig. drab printed boards; neatly rebacked, a little dusted & rubbed. A sound copy only of a scarce book. Brandreth, 1785-1817, a Luddite stocking-maker, known as 'The Nottingham Captain', was encouraged by a government spy, William Oliver, to lead a march on Nottingham, expecting to be part of a national uprising to overthrow the government. There were 35 defendants; Brandreth, Turner, & Ludlam were convicted of High Treason. They became known as the Pentrich Martyrs as they were not only executed by hanging, but were then beheaded by axe - the last people to be so treated. On the following e.p. in a contemp. hand someone has written 'George Weightman received a reprieve'; he was in fact transported to Australia (along with several other defendants), and died there in 1865.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Report on the Whole of the Proceedings, under the special commission, held in the County Hall, at Derby, in the month of October, 1817, including the trials of Jeremiah Brandreth, alias John Coke, alias the Nottingham Captain, William Turner, Isaac Ludlum, the elder, and George Weightman, for High Treason; with the speeches of the counsel, and other interesting particulars. To which is added and account of the execution, and a detail of Oliver's tour, through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and ...
• Publisher: Nottingham: printed by Sutton & Son. 1817
• Publication Date: 1817
• Binding: Hardcover