Record #781 (edit record; developers only)

Event:

George III on the way to parliament; a mob pummels the King's carriage, shouting "Bread! Peace! No Pitt!"; this becomes the pretext for introducing the "Two Bills." A journeyman named Kyd Wake is arrested for yelling "No George, no War" and sentenced to the pillory, five years imprisonment at hard labor, 1000 pounds sureties and imprisonment until he can come up with the money.

Topics:

*The Two Bills  

Links for George III Hanover:

George III (Biography of George III Hanover, with notes on the political situation of his time.) (Brittania Internet Magazine)

"Stanzas To the Memory of George III " (Transcription of the Felicia Hemans text.) (Mary Mark Ockerbloom)

 

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/24/1999