Jeremiah BRANDRETH - The Nottingham Man Attended the 6th meeting held at Asherfield Barn on Tuesday the 5th of June at 10 o’clock at night. - Was bought by Thomas Bacon* stated to the meeting that the secret committee was to calculate the quantity of arms in the possession of persons in the different parishes where they resided & others. [A.Booth] [John Cope] Description of his person & dress. [John Cope] [A.Booth] This man addressed the meeting explained plan of intended operations & stated that Monday night the 9th June at 10 o’clock was fixed for the the rising. He was to be chief conductor of the mob to Nottingham. [A. Booth] Slept at the White Horse public house Pentrich on the 5th was at Laban Taylors of Swanwick, on the 6th and slept at Luke Abels of Heage on Saturday night June 7th. [A. Booth] [James Booth] At the meeting at the White Horse on Sunday the 8th and furnished Joseph Weightman with credentials to take to Nottingham. [A. Booth] [J. Cope] [J. Fletcher] Produced a map of England to the company at the White Horse, and pointed out different places on it, on which it was supposed the insurgents were to go. [J. Cope] [A. Booth] At Wingfield about 9 o’clock on Monday night June 9th. [W. Turner] [Joseph Turner] Was with the mob in a close in which there is a barn near Wingfield Park head and had a gun which he was loading on Monday night June 9th about 10 o’clock. [T.Turner] [W. turner] [Isaac Ludlam Jnr] Appeared to be the Commander or Captain. [T. Turner] Went with the mob to James Hardwicks, Henry Tomlinson, Elijah Halls & Mr. Henry Bestwicks, from each of whose houses they took a gun. [T. Turner] Went to Mr. Hepworths and shot his servant man. [T.Turner] Proceeded to Pentrich Lane End and to Pentrich, Butterley &c. [T. Turner] He and William Turner went into several houses in Pentrich & brought both men & arms out. [T.Turner] At Mr. Samuel Fletchers of Pentrich about 10 o’clock on Tuesday morning the 10th June, threatened to shoot William Shipman his servant, if he did not deliver up his Masters gun and go with them and acknowledged his having shot one man. [William Shipman] [Joseph Wilkinson] At Raynors near Langley Mill and threatened to shoot Raynor for refusing to go with the mob & his man was taken by violence, this was about 7 o’clock on Tuesday morning. [H. Hole] Proceeded to Eastwood when they began to drop off & threatened to shoot Henry Hole for leaving the ranks. [H. Hole] He was armed with a gun & a pistol at Pentrich Lane End after he had shot Mr. Hepworths man. The pistol he carried in a belt. [James shill] [Samuel Levers] [William Wheatcroft] Took a Galloway out of a stable at Pentrich & ordered it to be saddled saying he had a expedition to send to Nottingham & George Weightman being thought by him to be the most fitting man mounted the Pony & road away. [James Hill] Threatened to shoot anyone who should offer to leave the mob or refused to join them. [James Booth] [J. Wilkinson] At Butterley he seized a young man with an ass & obliged him to go with them. [James Hill] Threatened to shoot Mr. Hall of South Wingfield, if he did not give up his son. [E. Hall] [W. Booth] Said to Richard Bromley of South Wingfield “that if he did not go & do as they did he would put a bullet through him”. [Richard Bromley] Was very active at Codnor &c . Forming & ordering the men to march. [R. Wragg] [W. Young] [W. Topham] Was at Ripley, Langley Mill, Eastwood &c. carried a brass pistol & offered some powder in a bottle & a horn & bullets which he had loose in his pocket, to Edward Moore for him to carry till they were wanted. [Edward Moore] Was at Mr George Raynors near Langley Mill at the head of about 400 men whom he halted there & he & William Turner were very violent in endeavoring to force Mr Raynor to leave his home & join them. [George Raynor] Was at Butterley works between 3 & 4 o’clock on Tuesday morning at the head of about 100 rebels armed with guns, pikes, scythes fixed in shafts, swords & forks & halted them in front of Mr Jessops offices & demanded his men. [Joseph Thorpe] Was with his Party about 4 o’clock on Tuesday morning at Joseph Thorpes, the sign of the Glasshouse in Codnor. Demanded admittance into the house & bread & cheese & ale on a bill being delivered to him by the landlord amounting to £1..8d.. he said “If we offer you a Bank of England Bill it will b of no use now” - & the bill was not paid. [Joseph Thorpe] Took the lead at Codnor. [John Bonsall] [Thomas Kirkham] [Anthony Elliott] [Charles Swaine] [Joseph Henser] [William Wilkinson] [Edward Robinson] [George Burton] |
