MASTER LIST OF NAMES CONNECTED WITH PETERLOO - Occupation Sequence | | | V V V (Compiled by Peter Castree) Leading radical figures Special constables Key to name colours: DEATHS Yeomanry CASUALTIES Magistrates AUTHORITIES Town authority figures OTHERS Military personnel Witnesses Detainees Shown in Veterans Photo | v (Transcripts RVB = Redford v Birley THH = Trial of Henry Hunt JLI = John Lees Inquest) Name Place of residence Town Occupation Observations (more details may be found in various other lists) Gaunt Elizabeth Detained. Beaten & trampled while heavily pregnant. Lost her child. See her petition. Barnes Robert 17 Faulkner St Manchester Accountant Saw crowd turn to face cavalry and wave sticks in a threatening manner. (Rylands MS1197 89) Witness. THH. Describes white rags worn in hats. Sent report to London Courier. Cowper Matthew Accountant Britton Robert Manchester Agent Witness. HO40 16. Stones etc. left by reformers on field. Riot Act read by Ethelston & Silv. Worrall [Worrell] Thomas [9 Minshull St?] Manchester Asst Surv of Paving Witness. RVB. HO40 16. No stones before meeting & presence after. Listed SC in Pigot's. Harmer James Attorney Represented the Lees family. Owner of the Weekly Dispatch. Witness. Special constable. THH. Walker John Manchester Attorney Attorney Yeomanry. Member of Manchester Pitt Club. Whitlaw [Whitlow] Richard M Attorney at law Yeomanry. Green John Williams Edward [17] Cropper Street [nr Miles Platting] Manchester Batter [Cut with a sabre] Witness. THH. Stated people were not marching in military fashion. Walker Lt. Sidney Bengal Native Infantry Blinstone [Blunstone] Thomas 7 Back Turner-street. Manchester Blacksmith Aged 76 [or 74]. Both arms broken, much bruised in the body. Petitions 593 & 600. Hodgkinson John 5 Back Loom Street Manchester Block cutter Sabre cut on the head. Johnson Thomas Queen Street, Deansgate Manchester Boot maker Knocked down and trampled on, bruised in the body. Sefton John 4, Spinning Fields, Deansgate. Manchester Boot-closer Imprisoned from 16th Aug. discharged by proc. 30th Oct. Served 10 weeks and 5 days. Greenwood Signatory to placard warning inhabitants to stay indoors on 16 August. John Salford Boroughreeve Salford Hardman Miller's Lane Brewer's clerk Yeomanry. Yeomanry commander. Nephew of Thomas Hardman. His sword held by Salford Museum. Hindley Captain Robert Salford Brewer's clerk Harrison Samuel Miles Platting Manchester Brewer’s clerk Yeomanry. For T. Porter, Bradford Dean [Deans] James 4 Foundry Lane Manchester Bricklayer Thrown down and trampled on, head and leg bruised by the crowd. Johnson Joseph 17, Shude-hill Manchester Brushmaker Imprisoned with Hunt. Part owner Mcr Observer. Secry Mcr Patriotic Union Society. HO40/16 f.293. Butcher Yeomanry. Ascough Christopher Charlton James Stretford Stretford Butcher Yeomanry. Goodier Mark Stretford Stretford Butcher Yeomanry. Pixton William jnr Stretford Stretford Butcher Yeomanry. Raingill Parker Stretford Stretford Butcher Yeomanry. Willis John Butcher Witness. THH. Knew Johnson and Joseph Slater. Briddon Samuel St Mary's Gate Manchester Butter factor Yeomanry. 1 Hares William Calenderer Saw Ashworth on ground near hustings but doesn't know how he fell. Calico dealer Yeomanry. Hilton John Carrol James 15 Dean Street, Ancoat's Lane Manchester Calico printer Sabre cut on the back of his head, right shoulder hurt. Ellis David 72 London Road Manchester Calico printer A severe sabre-cut on the right arm, and one on his left hand. Petition 601. Foster [Forster] John 2 Blossom Street Salford Calico printer His head much bruised, by the truncheons of a party of Constables, in Deansgate. Calico printer Witness. THH Hampshire John Hulme John Cannon Street Manchester Calico printer Yeomanry cavalry private. HO40/16 f.301 & f.322. Jaques James Manchester Calico printer Witness. RVB. HO40/16 ff. 315-317. In his relation Buxton's house. Saw stones, sticks etc. Smith Samuel John Gaythorn Manchester Calico printer Witness. Spec Constable. RVB. HO40 16 f.293. Saw sticks, stones & brickbats. Menacing mob. Clayton Boroughreeve of Manchester. HO40/16 f.305. Edward Calico prtr, Boro'reeve Peel St Candle maker Yeomanry. Member of Manchester Pitt Club. HO40/16 f.310. Tebbutt Edward Booth William 63 London Road Manchester Carder Escaped Benson but sabre cut from others on left side of head to skull; left knee hurt. Petition 592. Cunliffe Richard 10 Rose [Ross, Rowes] Street, Knott Mill Manchester Carder Legs and body severely bruised by horses trampling on him. Edwards John 2 Back Henry Street Manchester Carder Beat by the Constables on the face and throat; was unable to swallow solids for some time. Wood David [18 Woolley] 16 Worseley St, Bank Top Manchester Carder Sabre cut on the right knee; fell into a cellar and was much bruised. Thompson John Manchester Carrier Witness. HO40 16. Caught up in crowd, chased by men with sticks (thought he was a SC) Evans William 1 Owen Street, [Queen-street] Hulme Carter SC. Much hurt internally by yeomanry Cavalry horses trampling on him. BELIEVED DEAD. Jackson James Pin Mill, Higher Ardwick Ardwick Carter Shot through thigh by the 88th Regiment, in Port Street, on the evening of the 16th of August. Fildes Mary [Mrs] 3 Comet Street, Beswick Square, Row] Manchester Chair Mcr Female Reform Soc. Beat by Constables, when escaping from hustings. Petition 616. Stoddart [Stoddart] William Toll Bar Street Stockport Chair mender Thrown down, right leg and thigh hurt, and body bruised. Dowlan Mary Lad Lane Manchester Charwoman Witness. RVB. Saved by a Hussar from being sabred by Tebbutt. Anthony Joseph Deansgate Manchester Cheesemonger Yeomanry. Joseph Anthony of 32 Deansgate also listed as a Special Constable (Pigot's) Heyward St Mary’s Gate Manchester Cheesemonger Yeomanry. Wood Robert New Cross Manchester Chemist / druggist Witness. THH RVB Evans Mary 8 Style Street, near St. Michael's Manchester Clear starcher Stabbed with a bayonet in the back part of the thigh, by a soldier of the 88th regiment. Harrison Joseph Rev. Stockport Clergyman Ref. to by Wright (TS11 1056) as being (possibly) on the hustings with the other speakers Commander Military cmdr of the Northern district. Not present in Manchester during the Peterloo events. Byng (Major General) Sir John Leicester Sir John Commander Cheshire yeomanry - stationed in St John's Street. Billetted in the town. RVB. Sec-in-cmd to Byng. Overall cmdr Peterloo. Noted 67 men & 20 horses injured. HO40/16 ff. 315-317 L'Estrange Lt Col George Commander Townsend Lt Col Commander Cheshire Yeomanry Dalrymple 15th Hussars - stationed in Byrom St & Lower Mosley St. Dalrymple accompanied Trafford. Colonel Commander McGregor Commander of 88th Infantry - stationed in Dickinson Street (with the 31st Infantry). Lt Col Commander Dyneley Major Commander Witness. TS11 1056. Royal Horse Artillery - in Lower Mosley St. States guns not needed. Rodgers Benjamin Oxford St Manchester Commission agent Yeomanry. Chesworth John [James] 9 Hanging Ditch Manchester Confectioner Sabre cut on the head, crushed in the body by crowd. A Special Constable. Mabbott Mrs Shudehill Manchester Confectioner Her dress, worn on the day, held by Costume Museum at Platt Hall. Murray James 2 Withy Grove Manchester Confectioner Witness. RVB. Beaten up as a government spy at White Moss. Manchester Witness. Constable. Assistant Beadle. Testified Riot Act was read. HO40 16 f.309 Booth William Constable Manchester Witness. Constable. JLI Chadwick Joseph Constable Collier Signatory to placard warning inhabitants to stay indoors on 16 August. Josiah Salford Constable Cooke James Salford Constable Signatory to placard warning inhabitants to stay indoors on 16 August. Petty Mr. St Ann's Square Manchester Constable [A constable, trampled upon] Manchester Constable Witness. JLI THH. Did not see the people commit any breach of the peace where he was. Platt James Taylor John 9 or10 Eltoft St, [Byrom St] Campfield Manchester Cork cutter Sabre cut on the left side of his forehead, breast and sides hurt by being trampled on. Burgess John Worsley Worsley Corn dealer Yeomanry. Cross Mary 10 Cross Street Salford Cotton batter Head and arms much bruised, and beat by Constables. Hamilton Hannah 54 Henry Street Manchester Cotton batter Knocked down by the Yeomanry Cavalry horses, and her knee much hurt. Schofield Thomas Shelderslow. nr. Oldham Cotton carder Witness. THH. Crowd too densely packed to be able to pick up stones from ground. Barnes Thomas Ardwick Green Manchester Cotton dealer Yeomanry. Barns Thomas Ardwick Green Manchester Cotton dealer Yeomanry. Cotton dealer Yeomanry. Moon James Smith J B Manchester Cotton dealer Witness. Watched events from window next to Buxton's house. 'Three Accounts of Peterloo'. Bowker John Back Salford Salford Cotton dyer Yeomanry. Cotton manufacturer Sec in cmd M&S Yeomanry. Member M/cr Pitt Club. Subject of Redford 's asault case. HO40/16 f.310. Birley Hugh Hornby Knight John 77, Hanover-street Manchester Cotton manufacturer Detained. Imprisoned with Hunt. [Leader of local Hampden Club] DRO C1819 152M OH79 Prentice Radical. Wrote a report on Peterloo for a London newspaper - confirmed by Tyas. Archibald Salford Cotton manufacturer Witness. JLI THH RVB. In Mr Buxton's. Agreed dispersal of crowd. HO40/16 ff.315-317. Shuttleworth John Manchester Cotton merchant Taylor Radical. Wrote report on Peterloo for a London paper. Soon to found the Mcr Guardian. J E Cotton merchant Tomlinson William Bullock[s] Smithy near Stockport Cotton printer Sabre cut on the face, and one on the