Requisition addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire (English MS 1197/78)
Copy [in the hand of W. R. Hay] of a requisition addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire. Signed by the 'most respectable names and several others' requesting a meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and freeholders of the County of York, for the purpose of demanding an inquiry into those transactions (relating to the events occurred in Manchester) and also for the purpose of preventing any invasion of the acknowledged Rights of the People. The requisition was contained in an article which had appeared in the York Courant newspaper, dated October 4, 1819.
Information about this document
- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Collection: Wadsworth MSS: Peterloo, 1819
- Classmark: English MS 1197/78
- Alternative Identifier(s): R106303
- Title: Requisition addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire
- Subject(s): Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819; Social movements--Great Britain--History--19th century; Manchester (England)--Politics and government--19th century; York (England)--Politics and Government--19th century; Radicalism--England--Manchester; Public meetings--Law and legislation--Great Britain; Yorkshire (England); Manchester (England)
- Scribe(s): Hay, William Robert, 1761-1839
- Origin Place: England
- Date of Creation: 1819-1839
- Language(s): English
- Former Owner(s): Smith family; Wadsworth, A. P.(Alfred Powell), 1891-1956
- Associated Person(s): Hay, William Robert, 1761-1839
- Note(s): Item torn on the left hand side, with text missing.
- Material(s): Paper
- Provenance:
Smith family
A.P. (Alfred Powell) Wadsworth, 1891-1956
- Acquisition:
Donated to the Library by A. P. Wadsworth (then editor of the Manchester Guardian) in 1940
- Data Source(s): Description derived from University of Manchester LUNA catalogue
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- Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
- Collection: Wadsworth MSS: Peterloo, 1819
- Classmark: English MS 1197/78
- Alternative Identifier(s): R106303
- Title: Requisition addressed to the Sheriff of Yorkshire
- Subject(s): Peterloo Massacre, Manchester, England, 1819; Social movements--Great Britain--History--19th century; Manchester (England)--Politics and government--19th century; York (England)--Politics and Government--19th century; Radicalism--England--Manchester; Public meetings--Law and legislation--Great Britain; Yorkshire (England); Manchester (England)
- Scribe(s): Hay, William Robert, 1761-1839
- Origin Place: England
- Date of Creation: 1819-1839
- Language(s): English
- Former Owner(s): Smith family; Wadsworth, A. P.(Alfred Powell), 1891-1956
- Associated Person(s): Hay, William Robert, 1761-1839
- Note(s): Item torn on the left hand side, with text missing.
- Material(s): Paper
- Provenance:
Smith family
A.P. (Alfred Powell) Wadsworth, 1891-1956
- Acquisition:
Donated to the Library by A. P. Wadsworth (then editor of the Manchester Guardian) in 1940
- Data Source(s): Description derived from University of Manchester LUNA catalogue
