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LS/920.BRA
Title
The life of Jeremiah Brandreth: leader of England's last revolution
Date
2015
Publication Date
2015
Author
Dring, John
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender Location
C21188025
Term
REBELLIONS
LUDDITES
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Penal sanctions
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
TRIALS
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Brandreth; Jeremiah (1790-1817); Out-of-work stocking maker who lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; beheaded in Derby for treason. He was known as "The Nottingham Captain". He and two of his conspirators were the last people to be beheaded with an axe in Britain. The rising is known as the Pentrich Revolution.
Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group; fl 2016; Group formed to commemorate 200-year anniversary of the last "armed" revolution in Britain.
Brandreth; family;
Oliver; William (fl 1817); Agent provocateur known as Oliver the Spy; responsible for the Pentrich rising in 1817.
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Pentrich
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