BattlefieldsSpa Fields Riots — march on Tower of London 1816
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Spa Fields Riots — march on Tower of London 1816

1816
England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
City of London militia and the Lord Mayor
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Radical Spencean marchers numbering several hundred
Outcome
March on Tower stopped; ringleaders arrested; Spencean conspiracy exposed; Thistlewood later executed for Cato Street Conspiracy 1820
The Battle

History & Significance

At the second Spa Fields meeting a section of the radical crowd broke away under the Thistlewood conspiracy and marched toward the Tower of London intending to seize arms; the march was intercepted by the Lord Mayor and a detachment of the City of London militia

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