A RETURN OF ALL PERSONS
The following information has been transcribed from a booklet, owned by the Webmaster, it has been transcribed by me, verbatim. I have proof read several times, but as always I would be happy to accept any reasonable requests to re-check my transcribing. No other information is given, I have 'drained it dry'.
Arrested, Committed, or Detained, in England, on Treasonable Charges, in the Year 1817; distinguishing, such as were committed on charges of High Treason, from those committed on suspicion of High Treason, or for Treasonable Practices; and also distinguishing such as were committed by warrants issued by His Majesty's Secretaries of State, from those committed by Justices of Peace; together with the Names, Additions or Descriptions, of the said Persons, their occupation, ages and placed of abode, respectively, at the times of their being arrested as far as the same are known; - and, a return of the different prisons to which they were first committed, and afterwards removed, and of the Authority or Order by which such of the said Persons as were not brought to Trial, were released from confinement, together with the respective dates of their arrest and release; distinguishing such as were required to enter, and did actually enter, into recognizance's, before Justices of Peace, for their appearance after being released, and such whose recognizance's were afterwards vacated, and the dates of their being so vacated, at the desire or on the motion of His Majesty's Attorney General.
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed. 5th March 1818
ABBREVIATIONS USED : PC Privy Council ; SoS Secretary of State ; JoP Justice of the Peace
**** Admitted Evidence for the Crown Privy Council
| SURNAME OF PRISONER | GIVEN NAME | AGE | OCCUPATION | PLACE OF ABODE | DATE OF | ARREST - ALL 1817 | BY WHOSE WARRANT COMMITTED | TO WHAT PRISON COMMITTED | TO WHAT PRISON REMOVED | OFFENCE | DATE OF RELEASE | AUTHORITY FOR RELEASE | WHETHER RECOGNIZANCE OR NOT | WHEN RECOGNIZANCE VACATED | COMMENTS |
| WATSON the Elder | James | - | Surgeon | London | 9th | February | PC | Tower of London | - | High Treason | - | - | - | - | Brought to Trial |
| PRESTON | Thomas | - | Cordwainer | London | 9th | February | PC | Tower of London | - | High Treason | - | - | - | - | Brought to Trial |
| CASTLE | John | - | Smith | Westminster | 9th | February | JoP | Tothill Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 17/06/1817 | **** | - | - | - |
| KEANS | John | - | Tailor | Marylebone | 9th | February | PC | Tower of London | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 17/06/1817 | PC | - | - | |
| HOOPER | John | - | Cordwainer | Westminster | 9th | February | PC | Tower of London | - | Suspicion of High Treason | - | - | - | - | Brought to Trial |
| THISTLEWOOD | Arthur | - | Gentleman | Westminster | 7th | April | PC | Tower of London | - | Suspicion of High Treason | - | SoS | - | - | Brought to Trial |
| EVANS | Thomas | 54 | Brace-maker | Westminster | 9th | February | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | Horsemonger Lane | Suspicion of High Treason | 20/01/1818 | SoS | - | - | |
| EVANS | Thomas John | 20 | Brace-maker | Westminster | 9th | February | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | Horsemonger Lane | Suspicion of High Treason | 20/01/1818 | SoS | - | - | |
| JOHNSTON | John | 37 | Tailor | Manchester | 10th | March | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | Dorchester & Exeter | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| OGDEN | William | 73 | Printer | Manchester | 10th | March | SoS | Horsemonger Lane | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| DRUMMOND | Samuel | 24 | - | Manchester | 10th | March | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | Dorchester & Exeter | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| BAGGULEY | John | 18 | Servant | Manchester | 10th | March | SoS | Horsemonger Lane | Gloucester & Lancaster | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| DIXON | Elijah | 26 | Spinner | Manchester | 10th | March | SoS | Tothill Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| RIDINGS | Robert | 50 | Weaver | Failsworth | 28th | March | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 15/04/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| BAMFORD | Samuel | 30 | Barber | Middleton | 29th | March | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/04/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| CONNOR | Edward | - | Victualler | Chadderton | 29th | March | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 15/04/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| LANCASHIRE | John | 30 | Weaver | Middleton | 28th | March | SoS | Chelmsford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| ROBERTS | John | 30 | Cooper | Manchester | 28th | March | SoS | Gloucester | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| SELLERS | James | 38 | Cutler | Manchester | 28th | March | SoS | Reading | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| HULTON | Nathaniel | 26 | Tailor | New Mills | 28th | March | SoS | Reading | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| HEALEY | John | 35 | Surgeon | Middleton | 29th | March | SoS | Dorchester | Exeter | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| KNIGHT | John | 54 | Spinner | Manchester | 2nd | April | SoS | Reading | Fisherton & Worcester | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| LEACH | James | 22 | Weaver | Rochdale | 7th | April | SoS | Chelmsford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| KENT | William | 27 | Weaver | Chadderton | 7th | April | SoS | Chelmsford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| PLANT | George | - | Weaver | Blakeley | 7th | April | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 22/04/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| HENSON | Gravenor | 34 | Frame-work knitter | Nottingham | 9th | April | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| FLITCROFT | Richard | 31 | Militia Man | Stockport | 13th | April | SoS | Chelmsford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| BRADBURY | George | 34 | Mason | Manchester | 16th | April | SoS | Tothill Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/04/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| PILKINGTON | Robert | 33 | Weaver | Bury | 26th | April | SoS | Horsemonger Lane | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| MOGGRIDGE | Robert | - | Tailor | Somers Town | 27th | April | SoS | Tothill Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 18/06/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| BRETTELL | George | 42 | - | Marylebone | 27th | April | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 18/06/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| CASEY | Stephen | 50 | Madhouse-keeper | Plaistow | 27th | April | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 18/06/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| HOLL | William | 45 | Engraver | Camden Town | 3rd | May | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 18/06/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| CARR | William | 57 | Victualler | Tottenham Court Road | 3rd | May | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 18/06/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| MITCHELL | Joseph | 33 | Pamphlet seller | Liverpool | 3rd | May | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| BENBOW | William | 29 | Cordwainer | Manchester | 16th | May | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 20/01/1818 | SoS | - | - | |
| WOLSTENHOLME | William | 60 | Cutler | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Winchester | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| WOLSTENHOLME | James | 36 | Joiner | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Winchester | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| WOLSTENHOLME | Thomas | 30 | Grinder | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Winchester | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| ROBINSON | George | 36 | Labourer | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Lincoln | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 04/07/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| ROWEN | James | 48 | Labourer | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 04/07/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| BRADWELL | William | 35 | Grinder | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Cold Bath Fields | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 04/07/1817 | SoS | - | - | |
| HARTLE | Rowland | 46 | Hatter | Sheffield | 9th | June | SoS | Hertford | Cambridge | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| HAYNES | Samuel | 39 | Framework-knitter | Nottingham | 13th | June | SoS | Lincoln | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 31/07/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | - | Ill |
| HOLMES | John | 31 | Framework-knitter | Nottingham | 13th | June | SoS | Hertford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| WARD | Francis | 49 | Framework-knitter | Nottingham | 13th | June | SoS | Oxford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| SMALLER | John | 51 | Cordwainer | Horbary | 15th | June | SoS | Horsham | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| MANN | James | 33 | Cloth-dresser | Leeds | 15th | June | SoS | Horsham | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| BIRKIN | James | 25 | Stockinger | Derby | 18th | June | SoS | Lincoln | Leicester | Suspicion of High Treason | 22/12/1817 | SoS | - | - | Dangerously Ill |
| CLIFF | William | 25 | Stockinger | Derby | 18th | June | SoS | Oxford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 12/11/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| SCHOLES | Benjamin | - | Victualler | Wakefield | 2nd | July | SoS | Cambridge | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 29/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| WHITELEY | Benjamin | 44 | Cloth-drawer | Holmfirth | 5th | July | SoS | Fisherton | Worcester | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| LEE | Richard | 40 | Clothier | Holmfirth | 23rd | July | SoS | York | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| HEPONSTALL | Benjamin | 45 | Cloth-dresser | Hightown | 24th | July | SoS | Hertford | - | Suspicion of High Treason | 03/12/1817 | SoS | Recognizance | 31/01/1818 | |
| RILEY | Thomas | 40 | Tailor | Crossland Moor | 17th | July | SoS | York | - | Suspicion of High Treason | - | - | - | Died in Prison | |
| BURROW | George | 35 | Framework-knitter | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BETTISON | Thomas | 35 | Collier | Swanwick | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| FLETCHER | John | 30 | Shoemaker | Heanor | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| GODBER | Josiah | - | Labourer | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| HUNT | Samuel | 26 | Farmer | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| HILL | John | 24 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| JOHNSON | Alexander | 25 | Framework-knitter | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| LUDLAM | Samuel | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| LUDLAM | William | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| MOORE | John | About 55 | Wharfinger | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| MCKESSICK | John | - | Framework-knitter | Heanor | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TURNER | Thomas | 28 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TURNER | Joseph | About 19 | Labourer | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TURNER | Edward | 40 | Stonemason | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| RAWSON, alias | Brought to Trial | ||||||||||||||
| THORPE | Josh. | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | Swanwick | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TURNER | William | - | Stonemason | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TURNER | Robert | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WEIGHTMAN, Sen. | Joseph | 21 | Framework-knitter | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WEIGHTMAN | William | About 30 | Farmer | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WEIGHTMAN | Thomas | Under 21 | Sawyer | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WEIGHTMAN | James | Under 21 | Sawyer | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WEIGHTMAN | George | - | Sawyer | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| ADAMS | William | Under 21 | Labourer | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BRASSINGTON | George | Under 21 | Labourer | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BUXTON | Gormon | - | Collier | Swanwick | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| HARDWICK | William | - | Framework-knitter | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| HALL | Joseph | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | Swanwick | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| JENNINGS | Nathaniel | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | Swanwick | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| LUDLAM | Isaac | About 54 | Stonegetter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| MOOR | Edward | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| ONION | John | Under 21 | Labourer | Batterly | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| SAVAGE | Joseph | Under 21 | Labourer | Batterly | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| SWAINE | Charles | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| TOPHAM | Joseph | Under 21 | Blacksmith | Pentridge | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| WRIGHT | John | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| ENSOR | Thomas | Under 21 | Labourer | Ripley | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| HUNT | Daniel | About 25 | Labourer | Wingfield Park | 10th | June | JoP | Nottingham | Derby | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BRANDRETH | Jeremiah | About 26 | Framework-knitter | Bullwell | - | July | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| LUDLAM, Jun. | Isaac | Under 21 | Framework-knitter | S. Wingfield | - | June | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BACON | Thomas | About 60 | Framework-knitter | Pentridge | - | August | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial | |
| BACON | John | About 57 | Framework-knitter | Pentridge | - | August | JoP | Derby | - | High Treason | - | - | - | Brought to Trial |