2-714-197 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The "Nottingham Captain" and agitators at the White Horse Inn, Pentrich, Derbyshire, 1817 (c1890). "The Nottingham Captain" was the name given to Jeremiah Brandreth (1785-1817), an unemployed stocking maker who plotted to overthrow the British govermnent and was consequently executed for treason. From "Cassell's History of England - Special Edition, Vol. V." [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, c1890]